The Muse, vol. 01, no. 04 (09 April 1951)

              ARMS
AND THE
MAN
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No.
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THE   MUSE
"Provehito in Altum"
MEMORIAL  UNIVERSITY   OF NEWFOUNDLAND
St.-John's, Newfoundland, April 9, .1951
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Are You Buzzer Conscious? ""fifil?-Hear
There have ben quite a few complaints rolling into this office, especially from upstairs west, concerning profs who keep students after
the gong has sounded. We made
mention of this bad habit once before but flagrant disregard of our
appeal on the part of persons con-
cered forces us to repeat our request.
"Professors! After the bell goes,
your lectures are ended. Your
students' minds (?) are on next
class, or, better still, on their free
period, if such hapens to be the
case. If they must go to another
lecture, you, by retaining them, are
forcing them to take the unearned
wrath of tl at next lecturer when
they march in late to his class.
You are thereby causing friction
between lecturer and students that
could be avoided by the use of a
little common sense and a regard
ior the feelings of others. Also, if
you think you're getting any knowledge over to students by keeping
them late, you're sadly mistaken.
So please, have some regard for us
suffering students, and run your
time-table according to the bell.
Believe us, forty-five minutes is
long enough to have to listen to one
person talk'
Of course we do not mean that
as soon as the bell rings, all students should run for the door. The
professor snould take time to get
a closing remark across, but that
is all. After that, you may rest
assured that your students are
"hankering" to be elsewhere.
We trust that this is the last time
we must make this request to erring
professors. If we are forced to repeat it, the language may be more
forceful and the references more
specific. "A stitch in time saves
nine."
Education Official To
Address Students
Mr. Howse Will Be Guest At
Smoker
As this issue goes to press, the
Education social executive is making feverish plans for their first
smoker of the year, which will be
held in the Ladies' Common Room
on Friday night, April 6th. As this
is the first Education smoker for
the year, and is- second in import-
once only to the annual social, the
social committee feel sure that at
least a majority, if not all, of Education students will be present.
The guest speaker will be Mr.
Howse, Principal of Bishop Feild
College and President of the Newfoundland Teachers' Association.
The subject of Mr. Howse's address
is not yet known; however, we feel
sure that the topic will be one of
timely interest and importance to
all present.
Don't forget the date; Friday,
April 6th. "Attendez tous" and let
it be known that we Education
students appreciate the kind interest shown by such distinguished
men as Mr. Howse, in consenting to
address us.
Cap and Gown to be
Renovated
The SRC recently announced
that Miss Eleanor Guy would be
this year's Editor of the Cap and
Gown. At the same time, the
Council confirmed a prevailing rumour that the magazine would be
completely renovated. Instead of
a literary magazine, as it has been
in the past, the Cap and Gown will
be a real Year Book. This decision
wil undoubtedly meet approval
with at least a majority, especially
in view of the fact that we now
have a newspaper.
Plans are underway for the new
Year Book, and to insure having
the sufficient funds to make this
project successful, the SRC, in conjunction with the Editorial Staff, is
staging a mammoth drive for advertising. A circular letter is being sent to every conceivable business firm, both inside and outside
the province. All the students are
asked to take part in this drive, and
if anyone knows of a firm which
has not been approached, they
are asked to get in touch with their
Faculty representative immediately (the Staff is posted on the main
Notice Board).
Famous Author
Entertains Assembly
. Our University was honoured in
having as guest speaker at a recent assembly the famous Irish
author and lecturer, Sir Shane
Leslie.
In his introduction, Dr. Hatcher
gave us an idea of the extensive
background of Sir Shane, who is
the author of no less than 32 books,
a graduate of Cambridge, and a
close relation of Britain's beloved
Winston Churchill.
Sir Shane's address delighted the
University body immensely. As he
recounted vividly some amusing instances of his wide experiences and
gave hilarious anecdotes connected
with his University days, his enchanted audience was a picture of
rapt attention. His accounts of personal acquaintanceship with such
famous people as Winston Churchill, Rupert Brooke, Lord Tennyson, etc., were greatly enjoyed by
all present.
In concluding his talk, Sir Shane
spoke of that great natural resource
of Newfoundland—its forests. He
showed clearly the immense value
of such resources and admonished
that care should be taken to preserve the forests from harm.
Dr. Hatcher thanked Sir .Shane
amid rounds of applause and so
brought to a close the very enjoyable meeting.
Shaw To Be Performed
First Time In St. John's
On the 9th, 10th, and 11th of
April theatre lovers in St. Johns
will receive an unusual but, pleasant surprise when the Memorial
University Dramatic Society presents G. B. Shaw's Arms and the
Man in the University's Students
Assembly Hall. Although Shaw is
undoubtedly one of the greatest of
modern playwrights, this will be
the first tune one of his plays has
been performed in St. John's. Arms
and the Man is an example of the
anti-romantic comedy at its best.
Set against an atmosphere of war
and very dubious victory, with the
snow-capped mountains ever present in the distance, it tells what
happens when Raina Petkoff, the
young and beautiful daughter of
an influential Bulgarian family, entertains, "though rather unwillingly," an enemy soldier in her boud-
ior late at night.
Arms and the Man is probably
one of the favourite of Shaw's plays
and has ben performed by many
famous stage personalities. England's beloved Sir Laurence Olivier
has played Sergius, the dashing, if
rather hypocritical hero to whom
Raina is austensibly engaged; while
Sir Ralph Richardson has done
Bluntschli, the handsome but modest soldier who wins Raina's heart
and her family's disapproval. Dame
Sybil Thorndike too, has made a
majestic Catherine, Raina's rather
domineering mother who trys unsuccessfully to conceal her daughter's actions from her husband. Next
week's performance promises to
provide an amusing and entertaining evening, and should not be
missed.