os : Blueback'Swim Club donated Bing

ar “Behalf of the “club to: establish
* district-wide:Grade 3 swim pro-

. "gram, a'Terrace Blueback Swim .
‘3. Club Scholarship and a Terrace-

- ::Blueback Swim Club endow- .

: ment fund. -

- port the swim program in every
ey. in ‘School District,

-L _Time for Books

“by ‘Andrea Deakin

“Tage. to

Bob. Peacock ¢ of. ‘the - Terrace -- 88: ‘A district-sponsoréd Grade3

swim * program jn Terrace fell’:

‘total. of - $14,500. to School :

Of the total, $10, 500 will sup-
never received in the past.

1ers back sche

“yi ‘be: “offered in “two. $1,000

to restraint measures in the early.
_ District 88 Monday, Dec, :19 on. ‘1980's and; according to Assis-..
tant. “Superintendant . Skip-
... Bergsma, they have been unable .
to reinstitute the program. He: -.
: -tobuting-$4,000. -annually until -
the -endowment «capital ‘fund
totals ‘$20,000, at which point.

- says the swim program will-be a”
first in: Kitwanga and the -
-Hazeltons and provide support
for ‘Stewart which they. have
os provide a. Perpetual scholarship

. Of the remaining sat 000, hall. 2: fund."

oF scholarships . and - endowment

“Historian Donald Creighton on once complained of the dominance

“of. politics over nearly every aspect: of Canadian life. The Oxford | -

Book of Canadian Political Anecdotes i is an-insightful and at
times: biting look at some of the. figures who have dominated that’
“scene. From the times of Champlain and Brebeuf, Jack McLeod -
_ Boes ‘on to expose another side, showing the wit, humor and pas-
.. sion of those who have taken up political cudgels. Lady Mac-
donald sought.a charitable-contribution from Sir Hugh Allan,
‘<who-tried to hedge. ‘She laughed and.told him he could not take:
_-his money with him. “No,” remarked Sir John, “‘it would soon 2
melt if he did.”
. Nellie McClung,, one of the most important of the early

- feminists, .was used to mail attacking her-interest ina male ~
_ preserve.- “I wish you could see: the proportion of my mail that °

-have believed that one man's hosiery could excite the amount of |
: interest those socks do — and yet, do you know, they are always
_ darned!”

“Another form of defiant courage was shown by Governor
General Vanier, quoted from John Fraser’s Telling Tales. “An -
old man, sick unto death, sat ina Montreal stand in his own

province as‘louts hurled refuse and bottles at his prime minister
‘and himself... He didn’t cower or flee. Instead, he kicked his

-wooden leg into: ‘position and simply stood up to. face the bar-

, .
ee moe .

“The collection inchides stories ofc courage, “defiance and i irony. _

Tt also has some very funny episodes. Richard | Gwyn tells the.

“ story of Joey Smallwood, who was inclined to drive in rather a
reckless manner, hurtling through fog at 70 miles an hour, two”
“wheels across the center line. On one occasion he was spotted by

~ ‘an RCMP officer who gave chase. As the officer approached,
‘notebook in hand, a familiar face peered out of the window. —

a “My God,’ the officer said.. ‘‘Yes,” replied the premier, “and

don't you forget it.”

Stimulating informative, and sadly shorter than one could
--wish, ‘The Oxford Book of Canadian Political Anecdotes, .
" “published by Oxford at $24.95 is an entertaining, well researched |
and well edited commentary on our political history.

The young Bernard Shaw — “Sonny” in the family — was an.
- unhappy child. His father was an alcoholic, his mother, who
‘cared little for her son, was engaged in an affair with her music
‘teacher, George John Lee. Shaw even believed himself to be
‘Lee’s son. Shaw wrote to Ellen Terry, in an unguarded moment,
‘of his childhood, “‘devil of a childhood, Ellen, rich only in

“dreams, frightful and loveless-in realities”. Perhaps the memories -

of this childhood. lay behind his constant attempts to liberate —

. various women from their marriages to become ‘‘New Women”,

only to have them fall in love with him. _
Shaw’s school career was indistinguished, he showed no ability

either in music or art, there was nothing to suggest the brilliance
of the career to come. Yet he persevered, secking always that at-

_ tention and acceptance he had never knowmas a child. He had an
“immutable faith in his ability to improve himself and encourage .
‘his latent creativity. With this faith and persistence he overcame
“his shyness, became a public speaker on behalf of the Fabian

Society. He believed that ‘‘the humane and reasoned voice of the .
intellectual must not be lost amid the struggle of professional’
‘politicians and the rough and tumble of popular democracy’’,
The Fabians needed a voice of progress with safeguards against
‘revolution. Shaw was that voice. The confidence and experience

‘that these occasions gave him must have helped to encourage him
‘to turn to writing plays as yet another voice of his ideals, plays
which struck out at many Victorian institutions.

' Michael Holroyd’s biography of the early years of Shaw is a

“very teadable book packed with information, yet at times ;
“frustrating because of what it omits, or treats briefly: the in-

‘fluence of Shaw’s early friends, one of whom corresponded with
him until his death at 94; his early experiences of theater, which
must have been formative — expansion here would have been
valuable, Still, this account, which ends with Shaw’s marriage at
‘the age of 42 to Charlotte Payne Townshend, a “lady deeply in-
terested in the London School of Economics’’, must only leave us
-eager. for. the second volume. Bernard Shaw, the Search for Love
ds Published byR Randont ‘House at $32 00, we al

Press, their. commitment. to our...
«. citizens of the future by assisting

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~ similar- nature. He says that the
_!> biggest advantage in. using the
. foundation is that the necessary J
- , documentation. and organiza- @
»_tional-and operating procedures '
tells me to go homie and darn my Husband's socks. I never would. are-already in place. =

| Northwest Education ‘88’ Foun-

-receive and disburse gifts, dona-
- tions or: legacies in the form of
‘scholarships ' or bursaries for -

* pursue -a post-secondary educa- .

"gan contribute to’ the fund and i
~ all donations or grants are tax
.deductable.

- achievements. of. our students,” ”

S “accounts administered by the
" foundation: are the Northwest
Education ‘88’,

-Arts Council,

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-scholarships: for.» graduating: -
Caledonia. Senior Secondary -
students ‘and the, balance will ©
establish ° the: beginnings. of a
perpetual scholarship base. The
club. intends: to continue con-

the interest. will be sufficient to

“ According’ to. “Peacock, the

fund ‘are an important step for
the: club, allowing. them-to ex--

“them: ‘in: their educational an
endeavors, | _
Peacock says the scholarships
and endowment fund will be ad- i
ministered by the Northwest —
Education ‘88° Foundation, an
established .non-profit .society &
who are presently administering
funds for scholarships of a

Harold Cox, chairman of the ~~
On behalf of 1 Schoo! District 88, Assistant Superintendant

Skip Bergsma (right) accepted a cheque for $10,500 from
Bob Peacock of the Terrace Blueback Swim Club last
month. The money will ba used to establish.a district-wide
Grade 3 swim program for Terrace, Kitwanga, Hazelton and
Stewart. .

dation, says the foundation was
established in the'fall of 1977 to_

deserving ‘students who wish to

tion. To :date,.the foundation
has paid out $66,702.in scholar-
Ships to local students of special
~merit and distinction...
“Any individual -or business

EXPERIENCED BUILDING
"MATERIALS PERSON:

required by local building |

“The . community "supply store

should be proud of the .

says Cox,

& and customer contact.
Existing perpetual scholarship ~ esate -

; Call George or Bob at .
‘TERRACE BUILDERS CENTRE

- for an appointment

635-6273

Frank Morris
Memorial, Dudley G. Little
Athletic, Walter Yeo, Hans G.
Muehle, Terrace and District |
Caledonia @
Graduates, Caledonia Endow-
ment, CUPE 2012 Municipal
Workers and Terrace Rotary
Endowment Scholarships.

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