.... The Date And Character Of The Play A year of rehearsal has finally come to an end as "Sickle 76" is just a short time from opening. Now, as the stage manager signals the fifteen minute call we begin to wonder if it were all worth the doing. Did the thrill of a Bobbies' field hockey game make up for the trauma of registering; or did the anticipation of the election results lessen the tragedy of the loss of a fellow student; or did the relief of having exams over ever really make up for the anxiety caused by them? How could we justify the creation, or at least our taking part in "Sickle 76" a play which involved every student, staff, body, or dog on or in Brandon University. and whose theme could only be one: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to reap. A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to gain and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silence and a time to speak. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. " We could justify it all because with a theme like that, "Sickle 76" must be a play about life, and what could be easier than to be in a play about life where at anyone time you could wear a thousaQd different masks? But now the maestro is mounting his podium, Act 1 beginners are on stage, the overture is about to begin, and the show is on its way! So just sit back and as you're enjoying the play just remember that the year could have been belter, it could also have been worse, or actually, it couldn't have been any other way than the way it was. ~ttI Autumn at Brandon University • , The overture - Old motifs and new themes A time to begin . . . agam Athletics played an important part during the run of the show whether it was in intramurals for the fun. or playing on a varsity team for competition .,. or is that the other way around? A time to fight Coach Tuomi was enthusiastic and extremely optimistic, a combination that helped to lead the Bobbies to their best season ever. The athletes and the fan(s). Fall Council a time to build up The first of many councils a time to break down. Halloween - a time to dance J A time to every purpose -- New sets and new songs ... Sonnet Music is a strange and useless thing. It doesn't offer cover from a storm It doesn't (really) ease the sting of living, nor nourish us, nor keep us warm. And men expend their lives in search of sound. learning how to juggle bits of noise, and by their swift illusions to confound the hearts with fleetings and evasive joys. Yet I am full of quaking gratitude that this exalted jolly still exists that in an age of cold computer mood, a piper still can whistle in the mists His notes are pebbles falling into time, How sweetly mad it is, and how sublime. Anon A time to laugh and dance and sing. Or in the physics lab. a time to search . .. The Physicist Declares His Love Shall I compare thee to a chain reaction? Wittily, I cleave my heart, slice ventricle from auricle ... What is this unpredictable cold passion? Facts and more facts, that's my fashion, Lit by lightning insights into the scheme of things. Enter you. A gorgeous manifest of carbon molecules no more? Facts flee, Equations reel. Systolic numbers soar. Prenez garde synapses. Phagocytes, attention! Can it really be our eyes are gentian? (Gentiana lutes or acaulis? No matter!) Based on close evaluation of the data, I am yours. As for myself, I shall be more constant then Planck. And were I favourer with a hundred thousand megalifies, I aver Einstein, Fermi, Bohr, my holy trinity, I shall not waver. The half-life of my love: infinity. Robert Lasson The sets are changing rapidly, winter is in the air, we will have to start to get down to work. ",\ I; ~.r/ 1 /\" ~tt1[ Winter at Brandon University , ~. _, , " I ...., .. .". To everything there is a season A time to love, a time to heal A time to be born, a time of peace ... I A time to gain. and time to build up, A time to kill or a time to win. Both the men's and women's teams fought hard to end the first of many ever-improving seasons. And hockey. again a time to Win We never lost just sometimes the clock ran out when we were behind. As Coach Fahey remarks ... "Our seasonal highlights were four-fold: 1. Our two convincing wins over the University of Manitoba; 2. Our fine showing, a 6-4 loss to the University of Calgary in the Canada West final; 3. Wayne Naka and Darry Stevens being chosen GPAC All-Stars; also Wayne receiving honourable mention on the All Canadian Team; 4 In addition to participating full time in the hockey program six players will be receiving their Bachelor of Teaching degrees while six others will be receiving undergraduate degrees in the spring. It has been a totally fulfilling and rewarding year." Christmas. A time to dance. a time to laugh, a time to embrace . .. A time to love. A time to smile. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak .. Report of the President - Arnie Francis In October 1975 a new BUSU Council was formed to oversee the affairs of the Union. It was to be an interim Council - each member knew that. It was also to be a factious body of politically divergent groups and personalities. As President I soon became aware of the feelings and motivations of active members of Council. At first. however, I was too inexperienced to cope with the histrionics and breast-beating of several Executive members. The Vice President External's resignation early in his term of office indicated to me a disillusionment on his part with the ideology he had tried to inscribe in the changing ethos of this Union. The Vice President Internal accomplished little despite his overrated self-concept and hail of invective that I seemed to be the magnet for. He proved himself to be a campfollower, rather than a leader; lor, in spite of all the soicalist lexicon, he could only manage to amplify and reiterate others' words of dissent, with never a constructive comment of his own. The Vice President of Activities, though devoid of any business acumen, worked commendably hard to make the Pubs a success. But the list of his attempts and successes starts and ends there. The Treasurer did a fine job of re-establishing the Union's financial position and steering the council to a course of prudent money management. The Secretary's contribution to this council's functioning was prime calibre. His business like manner and sensible (dare I say liberal!) approach to problems was of great value to the Union. His other student-centred activities such as involvement in (indeed, initiation of) the Emergency Students' Fund, participation on several committees including the Student Aid Committee, his representation on the Board of Governors, his concerned response to the Waterman Report. all inevitably override his one failing - being a Conservativel" Of the other Council members, the Entertainment Director deserves accreditation for his hard work in the absence of the V.P.A. The Cultural Director does not deserve any mention, likewise the Athletic Representative. The Sticks seemed, all too often, to be like junior members and did not participate enough in Council Meetings. The Chairman's inability to always maintain order was a distinct indication of his failure to handle questions and outbursts with cogent sensibility. Frequently, however, the Chairman was subjected to verbal intimidation, which necessarily shattered the facade of business formality, that is so important for the conduct of such meetings. The key problem with the Chairman's job is his dual, and sometimes dichotomous, role as 'Chairman' and as 'President'. As President he absorbs much information regarding the Union, yet as Chairman he is not able to express himself on such matters for fear of being accused of "editorializing" - thus he must pass the Chair to some other member of Council. In the role of President I was very aware of the responsibility entrusted in me. I also soon learned Ihat "President" can be an euphemism for "spitoon"!! A President must have the confidence and capacity to influence, cajole and even compel other officers of the Union to act, for if these individuals fail to do their jobs the President is rightly responsible for their sins of omission. The President has to keep himself informed of every aspect and dealing involVing the Union: who is hired; who is fired; who's coming to town ... etc.... Only in that way can crossed-lines be avoided. It is wise for the Union President to attend Senate and Board of Governors meetings and be up to date on all issues that concern the student body. As a member of the Athletic Directorate, the President should value this administrative area where student input is acknOWledged and necessary - and has proved effective in the past few months. One major responsibility of the President is in the interpretation and adherence by Council of the Union By-Laws. Ad hoc decision-making can be dangerous path for any corporation 10 follow. Where guidelines are set up, therefore, they should be stuck to. This is particularly true of the Union's finances. It is a well known fact that students at Brandon University are, in general, in a continuing comatosed state. If the Students' Union is not led Into more useful fields and relevant areas, such as course evaluations, tenure and promotion procedure for faculty, academic curricula and standards, and the like, B.U.S.U. will. in a matter of a few years, atrophy into nothing more than a 'PUB-CLUB'! This Union is a viable organization - but it lakes a committed, conscientious individuals with initiative and determination to overcome the pollutants, namely lethargy, cynicism and self importance, that hinder this Union's advancement. Despite the frustrations and ill-feelings, this Council held together till a new group - idealistic and slap-happy as all novices are - took over the reins. For me, involvement with B.U.S.U. was a rewarding and educational experience of the first degree. If I could I would have run for office again. I really don't care if Lyle Dick warned Doug Fraser, who warned Bob Hunter, who in turn warned Dave Wellborn who warned Fred Mason that you could dig a pit ... and fall in, to boot!!! If that's advice, then it's negative and totally uninstructive. The best advice that I could pass on to Gord from my short experience as BUSU President is 'play it by ear' and let yourself grow into the job. Good Luck! Arnie Francis President 1975/76 A time to break down, resignations were abundant. A time to build up and . .. A council to keep. The show would go on. A time to win, or a time to lose intramura/s were a good change of scene. The blood donors clinic A time to give. The IVCF Hunger Seminar a time of love, a time of peace. "Can we who have so much do anything for the hungry and impoverished of our world? Do we care about the future of mankind and have we taken to heart Christ's commandment to love our neighbour? The future of the world will soon be passed into our hands and as the Secretary General stated we are faced with a global emergency. A great challenge faces our generation and we hope that this seminar will instill an awareness of and a concern for those who live in the shadow of hunger." • Always a time for friends, Wi nter Ca rn iva I .1 • .J Greaser Days , ,. I -:J~ The year was going by quickly. but sometimes we wondered. why? Student-Teacher (A Metamorphisis) It is a too-abrupt transition, yesterday a student, today, in structured blocs of time, I am a teacher, adult; other-worldly, ominiscientwith butterflies No doubt my master teacher sees me as inept, incapable, immature, all things lowly how can I hold my head? How to be two-in-one? (A lesson on the Trinity?) I am not even one-in-one neuter. Marion Bradley Spring at Brandon University A time to plant and a time to reap ... After months of rehearsing BU DS presented "The Life and Death of Almost Everybody" A smash success, A time to sing - coffee houses were a new attraction to university life. , \ Bull-Moose night and more fun, our last chance, before ... A time to study, the act IS over ... And finals are upon Brandon University. The Test Takers seated at desks, their backs bent in supplication, concentration, over parallel pencil poised, their faces reflect the white paper. One sits, his neck pulled in between hunched shoulders; One sits, . slouching on the arc of his lower back; One sits, stiffly upright, her arms and legs arranged, head carefully tilted, mouth pursed; One sits, leaning close, her hair curtaining her desk top. One thin, reedy boy works, folded in on himself, handling his test booklet from inside his rumpled, plaid jacket, his brown wool pants bunching around his thin legs, his oversized scuffed boots knotted together, The long graceful fingers of his right hand pull at his hair, stirring it softly awry around his sharp-featured face, with its wedged nosed and sad eyes, The slender fingers of his left hand hold the pencil, deftly across the page, swiftly swirling little o's. The state wants to know something about him. Kate Blickhahn The outcome is now apparent the last scene. Convocation. Parting - A Reply - Adieu Though the ache to spea~ The words oome rd today. A year of sa ing: "Oiscipline Get the tho ghts down." Now the t oughts do opt aet wn, And 0 disclplj~ Say What feeIit\gs can not S1tclW Know that my worlI is to M ke you better than you were; Know that my ga8I is to Make you better tbar I am. Fo you, my work .. finished, And my goal has IQIIg been met. You are better tl\an I'll ever be And you can say M1at MVet think. Your fearful confusion has fouIlll A voice never to be stilled. Go now on ~PllII(,,·_1Q Through the _ mfhd, Taking sou gs as-_I1W1f Finding hiddeh ~erns 0 ~ The major roles of Brandon University's production of "Sickle 76" were assumed by the 1976 graduates . . . BACHELOR OF ARTS Frederick William Aberle Pamela Lynn Ardagh Allison Jean Baird Kevin Harvey Crockford Bate Sherrill Dawn Berry Donald Richard Graham Brow David Paul Clark Bruce Anthony Craig Donna Marie Oa99 Jacqueline Margaret Davies Manikyamba Davloer Doreen Agnes Dietrich Joanne Leslie Dixon Charles Lawrence Dubois Linda Ruth Gartry Eileen Janina Gross Larry Gordon Hammond William Davidson Hargreaves Jean Chiaw Jin Heath Herbert Dowel Horner Eric Brock Irwin Jacqueline Margaret Johnson, a.T. Ervin Albert Kelbert Janice Alison Kerr Murray Wesley Kidd Joan Margaret Duthie Kilberg Joanne Jean Kolowca Richard Joseph Kulbacki Maxine Marilyn Mcintosh Debra Viola McLanehan Sheree June McMillan Freya Laureen Martinot Renatta Kathrine Mills Gregory George Parker Marlene Elinor Parker Mary-Ella Proven Collin Thomas Rankin Myron Lyle Ridley Terrance Wayne Robinson Alice Anne Sawyer Lesley Joan Sham ray Elizabeth May Stewart Anthony John van Berkel William Harold Louis Warren Eileen Diane Brownridge Colin Stewart Goldstone Terry Anne McNamee William Robert Treble GENERAL STUDIES Marlene Eden Brichon Kenneth Steven Buchy Vicki Frances Cool Garry Donald Davidson Carol Ann Dreilick Kenneth Neil Edinborough Josephine Florence Golay Patricia Anne Harper Eleazar Harper Bertha Catherine Limoges Dale Howard McKinnon James Stuart Haig Murray Anthony Hea Nyi Odukwe Donald James Thompson Walter Zinkiew BACHELOR OF EDUCATION Rebecca Sue Anderson, B.A. Donald Ernest Boguski, B.Sc. Lawrence Albert Boguski, B.A. Patricia Elizabeth Bowslaugh, B.A. Mary Margaret Bray, B.A. Robert Brian Caldwell, B.A. Muriel Jeanette Cherry, B.T. Janet Kathleen Cruise, B.Sc. Beverly Ann Delmage, B.T. Randy Phillip Earl. B.A. Carol Sharon Fenski, B.A. Ann Harriet Hanks, B.A. Larry William Kristalovich, B.A. Robert Leonard James Lepischak, B.Sc. Alice Little, B.A. Jean Hitchins MacKinnon, B.G.S. Eileen Grace McLachlan. B.Mus. Patricia Jean Morehouse, B. T. Betty Lou Paley, B.T. Leo Joseph Peloquin, B.T. Gladys Mary Ryback, B.T. Lynda Dawn Sclater, B.Sc. Amy May Shaw. B.T. Jean Fisher Shaw, B.T. John Langlands Spalding, B.Mus. Thomas Altan Ross Stewart, B.Sc. John Stolarchuk, B.A. Geraldine Stouffer, B.Sc. Mervin Adelarde Styba, B.A. Donald Bruce Thiessen, B.Mus. Gail Rose Whaley, B.A. John Thornton Wright, B.A. Raymond Paul Zelowski, B.A. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Robert Cecil Arthur Robert John Reginald Ash Marilyn Ethel Bell Robert Earl Blackshaw Anthony Daniel Burneski Barbara Eileen Carle William James Carter Allan Roy Chapman Ronald Ralph Cockerill Harley Spence Davy Dennis George Dobbyn Jacob David Elias Brian Ellis Eiriksson Guy Joseph Arthur Fouillard Walter Fuchs Dennis Frederick Gluska Ryan Robert Gray Lorraine Lois Griffith Gaylyn Thomas Guthrie Kenneth Dale Harvey Glen Edward Hooke Melvin Stuart Jesson Barry Wayne Johnston Deborah Kim McDonald Donald Keith McKenzie Barry Allan Midwinter Clarence Henry Mitchler David Brian Opper Murray John Parsons David Duncan Hugh Quinn Donald John Richardson Merlin Lyle Ross David Arthur Harrison Roszell Sherryl Darlene Sproule Diane Beverly Stokes Douglas Brent Wark Larry Ernest Woodward Margaret Louise Wright Sharon Joanne Dale Zetariuk Laila Aidun Bruce Richard Boccard Glennis Mary Lewis BACHELOR OF TEACHING Diane Leslie Alderson Virginia lIa Arthurson Linda May Baker Irene Agnes Merle Belisle Kathryn Ann Bell Judith Ann Bertholet Beryl Bibby Florence Marietta Bone Marion Boucher Sandra Ruth Brown Joseph William Carter-Squire Allison June Cooke Richard Dmetro Didur Doreen Mabel Drader Deborah Marie-Carol Ducharme Donna Margaret Gafka Jacqueline Margaret Gibb Cesar Salaysay Gonzales Karen Delores Grube Margaret Florence Heritage Beverly Joy Hughson Lorne Craig Keeper Deborah Rodale Ketcheson Lori Colleen Kiesman Janice Ellen Kingdon Judith Karol Kinnaird Mabel Melita Krantz Yolande Jeanette-Marie Levesque Grace Dianne Liefso John Allen Loewen Maria Del Pilar Lopez Marjorie Jean McConnell Joyce Heather McGinnis Magdalene Mary McKinnon MaryEllen McNaughton Fredrick John Mason Elizabeth Michalot Sandra May Mulholland Janis Beth Nevin Judith Anne Pettersen Freda Petterson Suzanne Josephine Marie Poirier Linda Carol Puchalski Regena Ann Rumancik Lena Samchek Audrey Jean Simon Irma Elizabeth Spratt Diane Cheryl Tucker Erlinda Viloria Alice Victoria Walker Bonnie Lou Webster Margaret Elizabeth Yeo Ellen Jean Young Sharon Leslie Zilkey BACHELOR OF MUSIC Laurie Stuart Anderson Brian Charles Boggs Glenda Joy Brethour Walter WilHam Garth Beller Elsa Melanie Gluska Margaret Anne Hamilton Verna Catherine Heinrichs Victor John Hooper Angela Louise Knock Edna Henrietta Knock Lynne Margaret McCarthy Lynn Geraldine Matiation Joan Elizabeth Peto Susanna Sawatzky Henry Abraham Schellenberg Richard Blake Scott Michele Marie Takoski Donald Bruce Thiessen Robert Allan Wiebe Marcia Joy Yaholnitsky REPORT OF ARTS STICK - Doug Moore Upon my election to office in January, 1975, it was my task to form a Council out of Arts faculty members, who were willing to help the faculty function socially, economically, educationally and politically. This task was fulfilled, after some difficulty, with the following persons being elected: Bob Hammond - First Vice-President Gerald Rocan - Second Vice-President Jaye McManes - Social Convener Angelika Muller - Secretary-Treasurer Deb. Chetyrbok - Female Athletic Rep. Dan Chapman - Male Athletic Rep. The election of these members was a very difficult task indeed, in that they were the only persons who showed up for the general meeting at the first of the year. Therefore, they simply "picked out" the office that he/she preferred. This lack of interest prevailed throughout the entire year as no members of the Arts faculty ever attended any meetings, either general or council. As the year dragged on, even council members, themselves, did not attend meetings as we could get no direct response or action from each other in order to get anything done. The great plans that we had at the first of the year remained just plans, and nothing of any major significance resulted in the faculty of Arts in 1975/76. I cannot blame the faculty alone for this lack of interest, for the council, itself, had its own quantity of it, (this includes myself at times and not just the other council members). Despite this, I have had quite an exciting experience on BUSU. I have been involved in many controversial issues, and have been frustrated many times by other Union members. All in all, though, the fact of being on council and taking part in the actions that resulted in 1975, I must say it has all been exciting. Kevin Bate Allison Baird Bruce Cameron "Total self development, not academic, should be the foremost aim of a student of psychology." Bruce Craig Donna Dagg Charles Dubois "Happiness adds and multiples as we divide it with others." A. Nielson "Be steady in your convictions, Sincere in your speech. Be quick to listen, And deliberate in giving an answer." Ecclesiasticus 5:10-13 ,--. Jackie Davies Joanne Dixon Eileen Janine Gross "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." Aesop "To touch life - And to hold it warm and trembling in your hand - Is not that the greatest thing?" "Les gran des pen sees vienment du coeur." Vauvenargues Greg Dinsdale Larry G. Hammond Janice Alison Kerr "Ufe is the mirror of every man - Just what you are and do, So give the world the best you can, And the best will come back to you." "Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them, but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. We do the best we can, we never know what miracle Is wrought in our own life. or in the life of another." Helen Keller William Hargreaves Eric Irwin Jean Chiaw Jin Heath "Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore. endeavor to think well, that is the onry mortality." Pascal "Life is earnest, life is real." Debbie McLennehan Murray Kidd Terry Anne McNamee "Don't brag about your plans for tomorrow - wait and see what happens." "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than un· successful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education along will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Per· sistence and determination alone are omnipotent. " Greg Parker RenaUa Mills Myron Ridley The Span of Life - "The old dog barks backward without getting up. I can remember when he was a pup." Robert Frost "It is scarcely necessary to remark that a stationary condition of capital and population implies no stationary state of human improvement. There would be no such scope as even for all kinds of mental culture, and moral and social progress; as much room for improving the Art of Living and much more likelihood of its being Improved." John Stuart Mill Leslie Shamray Cheryl Pizzey Tony Van Berkel "I'd rather trust a man who doesn't shout what he's found. There's no need to sell it homeward bound. If I chose a side He won't take me for a ride." Peter Gabriel "What you can do or dream you can do, begin it: Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." Goethe Terry Robinson Freya Marlinol Fred Aberle "Let me not pass occasion, which now smites." John Milton "A young man's death Is like a shipwreck An old man's death Like coming home to port." Plutarch William Treble REPORT OF EDUCATION STICK - Barbara Harding I took office in late January, 1975, and immediately undertook to find a Council. The Council members consisted of: Louis Quebelle - President Betty Hill - Vice-President Patricia Wilson - Sec. Treasurer Patricia Matiowsky - Social Convener Men's and Women's Athletic Reps. left vacant Our meetings were not well attended. Only one student attended our monthly meetings. Many "coffee get-togethers" were held for the Education students in order that they meet their Council, Profs. and other students. These were also not well attended. In September, 1975, our Council suffered quite a loss. Our President, Vice-President and Social Convener had to resign for the reasons of: two changed faculties, and one was not certain of coming back to the University. In late September, our Sec. Treas. also had to resign as she was quitting University. As there was much trouble with the BUSU organization because of resignations of Council members, the Education Council held off its by-election until November. No one applied for these positions. The former President decided to remain as President in order to help the Stick carry out her future plans. It has been a rewarding year and I shall always remember this year end my term of office as a sobering experience which shall definitely cloud any of my future "political undertakings". Linda Baker "learning is a pleasure joy." teaching a Beryl Bibby Jacqueline Gibb "Of all the teachings we receive this one "Friendship is the greatest enrichment that I have found." Adlai Stevenson is most important; Nothing belongs to you of what there is, Of what you take, you must share." Chief Dan George Sandy Brown Beverly Hughson "Give me the few friends who will love and accept me for what I am. If they do not, they are not true friends." "He who is wise does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind," Allison Cooke Irene Belisle Doreen Drader Rodale Ketcheson "Perhaps the most valuable result of all education Is the ability to do the things you have to do when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not." Thomas Huxley Deb Ducharme John Loewen Karen Grube "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Paul Kathy Kirk Lori Keisman Janice Kingdom "The greatest reward for doing is opportunity to do more." Diane Leifso Marjorie Jean McConnell Joyce McGinnis "The rung of the ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher." Thomas Huxley Mary Michaleski Fred Mason Audrey Simon "For where your treasure is. there will your heart be also." Judy Petterson Jean Young Jim Ross "The nicest thing about the future is that it comes a day at a time." Goethe Diane Tucker Regena Rumancik Sharon Silkey "Friends are flowers in the garden of life." Mary Ellen Gray Bachelor of Education Randy Earl "A moments insight is sometimes worth a life's experience." Holmes Pat Elvers Patricia Bowslaugh Robert Lepischak "Practise is the best of all instructors." "Three rules of life were given me some years ago. I pass them on, as , have found them practical. The first is, "Go," the second is 'Keep Going,' and the third is, 'Help Someone Else Go.' " Leo Peloquin Jean Shaw "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it." Mark Twain "Anything that is worth doing is worth doing welL" Lyle Watkins Gail Whaley "Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow." "I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all litles - the character of an hOnest man." George Washington REPORT OF THE MUSIC STICK - Nancy Harrison Because I was offered this space I shall write, And tell of our year though it might take all night. We first had elections, my council was great. My job was made easy, my staff was top rate. We put on a grad and 'twas good time for all, We worked through the summer, were ready for fall. We held Wannakumbac, our camp, in the rain, I think it was good though my friends won't complain. We're just a big family, in music I mean, Just come up and visit it's easily seen. We all had a good year, our music sounds fine, And things look still better, so that's the best sign! Laurie Anderson Marcia Yaholnitsky "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy and respectable, and wealthy, not rich; study hard. think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to the stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is my symphony." Victor Hooper Lynne McCarthy Brian Boggs Glenda Brethour "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau "Smile and make the world smile back at you, for a smile can say In a million ways - you're happy." Anne Murray Joan Peto Walter Deller Melanie Gluska "To know music is to become greater in knowledge and insight. and to know many other things than music. It is to develop a sense of values about art and to learn about another dimension of reality previously hidden." Norman Della Joio Richard Scott Anne Hamilton Susan Sawatzky "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost "And now here is my secret. a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint Exupery Don Thiessen Lynn Maliation Robert Wiebe Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him. and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 REPORT OF SCIENCE STICK - Gerry Gradwell During my year as Science Stick, I succeeded in proving the validity of apathy in politics. I never changed the signing officers of the Science Council from the Council of 1974/75, and failed to even form a Council. I did, however, fulfill the main function of Science Stick as I saw it, that is, to represent the interests of the science students. While missing only two meetings all year, I witnessed the turmoil involved in the disintegration of a political body as it ran full cycle. Unfortunately, the main goal of Council appears to be to feed the egos of those on Council. Even the most virtuous of councillors showed a tinge of the "power corrupts" syndrome. I, of course, have to thank those people who aided me in my efforts as Science Stick. Thanks, too, to those four friends who voted no in my election. Marilyn Bell Laila Aidum Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom In the pure soil of the heart, and water them with the water of certitude, that the hyacinths of knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green from the holy city of the heart." Baha'u'llah Robert Arthur "The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope." Samuel Johnson Jake Elias Jim Boguski Dan Burnaski Harley Davy "We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it." Mark Twain Barbara Carle Rober! Blackshaw Allan Chapman "In this materialistic world we have today, Where people prize possessions for whatever reasons, Who know what they are; Too many people realize too late. That the ultimate possession is friendship. " "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps It is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau Gerry Gradwell Brian Erickson Lorraine Hriffith "0 Son of Man! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more." Baha'u'llah Ryan Gray " Dennis Gluska Dale Harvey "Modern man's idea of roughing it is surviving through the night after the thermostat on his electric blanket conks out." Harry Laramore "For what is greater than beauty, and what is more beautiful than courage to live and to die freely, in one's chosen way?" Santayana Tom Guthrie Murray Parsons Don McKenzie "As longing becomes love As night turns day, Everything changes, Joy will find a way." Bruce Cockburn Kim McDonald David Opper Merlin Ross ", .. 0 the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of menl When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves. wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and It profiteth them not. And they shall perish:' Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 9:28- "I like to think of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutual programing harmony like pure water touching clear sky." Richard Brautigan 29 Clarence Mitchler Dianne Stokes Mark Seffon "I would that my tongue could utter, The thoughts that arise in me." Tennyson Dave Quinn Larry Woodward Margaret Wright "There's a lot to be said for not saying anything." "The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw Bachelor 01 General Studies Perry Robinson "What people say you cannot do. you try and find you can." Ken Buchy Vicki Cool Waller Zinkew "Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he." I Stuart Murray Greg Thompson PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE I feel very honoured this evening to be cho,sen to bring you the greetings of the Brandon University Graduating Class of 1976. Along with the greetings I would like to express a big thank you to Jacquie Gibb, Donna Doherty and Leslie Shamray for all the hard work they put into making the past year the tremendous success it was. I'd like to dedicate the following message to the graduates: To everyone of us this is a new beginning. We must meet every situation with determination to do what's right not only by our own standards but by the standards of the law. By treating those around us fairly and with respect we can expect the same in return. Everyone of us wants to be successful but we must not ruin the self-respect and goals of others on our way to this success. Cooperation with colleagues and honesty are indispensable if we are to achieve our goals. Even if you make it to the top, angry people on the lower rungs of your "Iadder of success" can shake you to the ground. There is no substitute for a strong body of friends standing beside you at all times. The world is full of opportunities to make a happy life for us all, we have only to take the time to search them out. Now that we have chosen what we want to do with our lives, the most difficult part lies ahead. We must use every ounce of stamina within us to achieve our goals. There can be no laxity in this fast-moving mechanized world. We must not neglect our duty to try to make this an even better place for generations after us. How many times have we said or heard said, "What a terrible world we live in?" Well, now we have our chance to make some changes in it ourselves, but let's remember that man can overstep his limits and in some cases can do more harm than he can do good. Many of man's inventions have brought fear, hatred and even poverty rather than happiness, love and prosperity we all desire. If we can help to eliminate one small part of the evils in our world, we will have done our share. Thank you. Janice Kerr ~ -- - ---- .~ •• e. 1\15 ~ • 0 • t ,.'. _. -. - .__ ,__ , ... _ ~ e•.. L'·• 0 • ." .... , '.- •• A~ The Epilogue When we've come to the end of the almost perfect year ... To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be bam and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to reap. A time to kill, and a time to heal: a time to break down. and time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn. and time to dance. A time to cast away stones, and time to gather stones together, a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to gain, and a time to lose: a time to keep, and a time to cast away. A time to rend, and a time to sew: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. A time to love. and a time to hate: a time of war. and a time of peace. All the world's a stage ... • ~--~....=~--=~ --- --- • And all the men and women ... Merely players ... They have their exits and entrances ... \ ... c.;. ... c"", 1"/1",-'/111-'. '76 Cl\'Ilo·, Y).,• .,,~ Th." . :, ~ 6 ::pll And one man In his time plays many parts. ;I?Ej L~V"&I::· iru~ """",,, /f.," ~II J£. ,.0;.4'>" 0......-...._ -l':"'\- • • _, ~~_---:.......::- Y.l.--.!..-= • So, despite the questions: WHAT'S BU ALL ABOUT? - Michael Welton What Brandon University is about, most professors will tell you, is the "Liberal Arts." Yet those same professors would probably agree that the "Liberal Arts" are sailing in rough waters. Look at the curricular structure of our universities. A cornucopia of courses ... many individual subjects to choose from ... but no unitary centre. You can take economics without politics, psychology without sociology, all without history and philosophy. We cannot complete this sentence, "Every student needs to know ..." The idea of the generally educated man is disappearing, lamented in the universities and celebrated in industry; our graduates have a smattering of knowledge of many disciplines, but this is not integrated into a coherent social vision of the emancipatory and just society. The Humanities, like Humpty Dumpty, seem to have fallen off the wali and shattered into a thousand fragments, with many scholars now running around clutching pieces, exclaiming that they have found the whole. Who's responsibie? Developments in industry have, of course, fragmented knowledge into specializations. Jobs have been divided and sub-divided into infinitely smaller (and often boring) bits. So what is required is the training of a mind that can think narrowly on problems defined by someone else ("tunnel vision") without seeing how this knowledge is related to social purposiveness. Forget your courses on Eskimo ethnography. Can you drill a hole in the tundra? Thus the "technical specialist" has replaced the generally educated man, who appears to be going the way of the whooping crane. Worse still, those in the humanities, particularly the social sciences, feeling rather like second-class scientific citizens, have trivialized themselves in their search to quantify reality and, rather than challenging the present anti-liveratory structures of society, have capitulated - serving the interests of those in power and not the poweriess. These developments are profoundly disturbing and go deeper than the problem of co-existing but non-communicating cultures, the scientific and the humanitarian. For one thing, our lack of critical comprehension of our concrete social totality means, in effect, that we have abandoned our individual fates to those in power. "They," say we, "know better." We have Jost the ability to interrogate our reality. We go to work without asking any questions. We accept our destinies as consumers of canned ideas and shoddy goods. For another, it means that our "technical specialists," incapable of seeing how technologies are shaped in accordance with purposive ends (someone conceived of the assembly line and napalm), go on blindly carrying out orders, producing bombs or butter, miracle whip or a cure for cancer. "Every student," says philosopher Sidney Hook, "has a need to become intelligently aware of how his society functions, of the great historical, economic, and social forces shaping its future, of the alternatives of development still open to us, of the problems, predicaments, and programs he and his fellow citizens must face." Do we know what we're facing?? Now • • • • A Word From Our Sponsors: Congratulations From we/loba c,edll union lid. 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