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so rsd eclaredth atth ewho les tud entbodyg rewmo r e chIs endtoi th erewithth isarticle,my p erson al
es tud ents A ssu
ch ildishev eryy e ar. On th eo th erh andth good wishes an d th emo ret angibl et estimonyo fon e
ofth atd ayd r ewa tt ent iontoth ef actth atth ep ro- adian do ll ar.
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nessa llov erth eUn iv ersity , If eta
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wou ld s te a-th
l ats tealingw as ana ct towh ich no
stud enta tth ec ol
l eg ewou ld low erh im self. And i t
was th erefo red edu cedth atanumb ero fbu rglarsh ad Inth emo rning th esy rupysun shine
artfu llyqu l
aifieda sund erg radu ates i n ord er t o steal Would sp arkleon o r
u tails and fins;
c opieso f Ha ll a n d Kn igh t's A lgeb ra and Vand er W e wou ld h av eto stop talkin g f
o "M ine "
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r ti sin ter estingtono te in e';w
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Th e rew r
eeo fc ou rse,p len ty o fo th er top i cso f L etu s pu taw ayin telle tandlu
c st,
di scu s sion -'e
j n pa ssee td esm el
ileu rs. Ir ecoll et
c B e bu tar edg leaminac rystald is ,
h
h earing mu ch s aidintho s eo ld d ay s abou twh ata B ut ki n of t he colds ea,no tofth edu t
s.
c olleg eg ilwou
r ld d oa f terl e avingc ollege. I ts e em ed
ash am eth atsh eshou ldm erely g etm ari
r ed andh av e
ahom eandch ild ren . On th eo th erh andth ebrilliant A.] .M . Sm ith
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ti cplo tandi tst rulyf a scin a
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arep rom inenttor e ad ersonth i ss id eo fth ew a te r- s tyle. "Wh enJud asm eets Ah a sv er"i sth eth em eof
Gorky andZ am iatin, th eau tho ro f"W e". Th e No - th i ssto ryandi ti s,ow ingtoi tsex tr av ag an za,mu ch
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th ef amou spo et,th eg r eatm ajori ty o fth eFu turi stic As "Th eD iscip le"i sth emo st en t ertain ings tory
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othe rs,h asb ecom e ex tin c
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thingi sn ew.Th er ei snoroomf or.p essim ism ,noroom C re olesa lr eady immo rtaliz edinEng lish l ettersby
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realcon s
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ft sm an, com ing th erebytof e e
l th e
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ofl iter ature? Th erei saw ealth o fn ewm aterialo f pas s
ing g ra ce and lov elin esstod eck th efu tur eo f
inter estings tudyins to ref oru s. "Th eF lyingO sip " h im selfandh issqu aw . Su chh eo rd ersf romth eston e-
isbu tap ion eerwo rk andwo rk so fth isk indw ill un - cu tte r
,f orh ec ant ru stth e
i rs electiontonon e bu t
doub ted ly c la
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. G rabbo 's g rav ew as un tim ely
toag re aterex t en tinth efu tu re. f
illedw ith th ef l eshand bon e so fh e r lov er,whom
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ag ran ted elicto,i sth ec entral
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lying eniou ss torie sinth evo lum e
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ana cto find e
cen cy,andanind unmi s
takablenoticetoqu i
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vice." ~ersonal exp e
rienceh as, on th ew ho
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,b eh e Any Gov ernm ent, inth eex isting c ircum s
tan c es,
nev ers ohumb le,com esbyh i own ;andIh aveb een canb enomo re th ana"M inis tryo fC aretak ers". Ev en
mu ch h earten ed byth e"M cG i
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.
Wh en I tc om e s
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It i sase asytob ew isea fterth eev en ta si ti sr a sh a rea l
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t.
toproph~sy; ands of arth eon lyc ertainth ingabou t
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ma]on ty n eces saryf ors tronggov ernm ent. H e ev en P f th eP rog re s
siv esa sa s eriou sf a ctorinC anad ian
~eclared t h ati_f th er esultw ere un satisfacto ry,h e b ?li
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With e ighto~ hi sM inisters,h eh asnowsu fferedp erson al p o
r eg on econ clu sion , ev e rs in ceth ee x
-
def ea
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. Bu tth e
,
o fon ly3 9f ollow ers
.S till
.h eh a scho sentor em a r
inin andthairie Pr:ovinces we rt
: t he cita del of Agrarianism ;
o
ffi cef orth etim eb ein g. Th eo f
fi c
ials tatem ents aid th eLibe~al sw e epInS ask at ch ew an ,coup ledw ith
th at.
th erewe re th reecou rsesop entoh im :(1 )T om e hea vy gai n
s of t h e Liberal s in Al berta, ando fth e
e et Con serv ativesinbo
Parliam en t
; (2 )T oa skf oranimm ediat edisso lution a thM anitob a andA lb ertac am ea s
or(3 )T or :es
ig n
,r ecomm end ingH is Ex c ellencytoc ali p.~urprise toev eryon e. M r
. Fo rk e
, dou r ~nd un in -
onM r
.M etgh en. A sM r.M e
igh en a ton c epo int edou t, T inng ,w aso f cou rs eno m atch f orh is an tagoni sts.
th es econd.cou rsew asr e a
llyimpo ssibl e
. M r. K ing p h eS a ska tch ew anv i ctoryw asl arg elyaw ell-deserv ed
h~d h~d h 1
s ch an ceand lo sti t;and ,f ollow in gth erson al tri um p h f or Prem i er Du nni n g
, o ne of t he
e ab lesto fC an adian L
V Icton a p re ced ento f 1858 , th e Gov erno r-G en er al o ib erals; wh ile th eW et erng ain s
w_ou ld c ertainly h av er efused a s e cond r equ est to b f th eCon serv ative sw ere an equ a
lt ribu tetoth e
dis solv e
. Inth isr eg ard,th eP rem i erm erely a cc ept ed thri
lli<
; 1n
t lea ders h
i p of Rt. Hon.A rthu rM eigh en. Bu t
th e in evit
ab le. atISno tth ewho les tory. Hop ele ss
ly d ivid edamong
th en:selv es,th eP~ogressives h av ecu taso rryf igurein
Bu th isd e c
isiontoaw a
i th ev erd icto fP arliam en t Parh~en!; t reatingu s, amongo th er th ing s
,toth e
h asp rovok edto rrent sofw rath f romth eCon serv ativ e am azings igh to faP a rtyL ead e r andh isCh ief Wh ip
pre ss,andaf i necropo ff antasticcon stitution alth eo rie . votin~ on<
s ?PPO sites id esinth eBudg etd ivision . Th ey
Th ec lim axi sr e ach edinS en ator Lyn ch -Staun ton ' s ~er~mnly d idno tm ak e th emo s
to fth ei rpo si
tiona sth e
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l em np ronoun c em en tth a
ti fM r. K ing f ai
l stog et Ind ispen sabl ep rop o fth eGov e rnm ent. Th eirt ari f
f
as eatb ef
or:eth eHou s e op ens
,h eau tom aticallyc eas es r edu ct
ion sh avep rov ed a lmo s t wo rth less and th e
~o b eP~emier. I twou ld b eju sta ss ensibl etos ayth at W esth asev id entlygo tt iredo fth es eesaw ingf orwh ich
Ifh~ f at
lstojo inth eKn ightso fCo lumbu s,h eau to - th eth irdp a rtyw asr espon s
ibl e.
n:ati callyc t:asest ?}JeP r emier. A s am att ero fp ra c-
tic alconv enienc e
,I tI son eo fth econv en t
ion so fC ab in et For th emom ent, th ef eebl er emn anto f th eP
Gov ernm entth atMin ro -
i sters mu sts e cureas eatine ith er gr essiv ess eem son cemo re toho ldth eb ala nce o
f po w er.
Hou sew i
thin a r eason ab let im ea f
t er appo intm en t. ~ut i t
sP?Sit~on i sp r ec ar
iou s,ev enini ts
Bu t th ecu stomh st
r on ghol ds;
asn ol e ga
ls an ctionwh atever. I
t so rgani zatiOn h a sn everb e en b rilliant;and M r.
No rn eed w Wood swo rth's V an couv er sp ee ch sugg e s
t s th atth e
et ak ev ery s eriou slyth ech arg eth at au t ho r
it y of Mr. F
Mr. _K in gi~ '.'usurpin~". poyY or ke lies lig htly on t he "Gi ng er
e
r. Th el owt ariffg roup s G roup .
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?reI nad is
tin ctm a)on ty I nth eHou s
e, thoughno ed epend ed
t ontom ak e t hings i nt eres
ti ng. It h as s ho wn farm or e
Inth ecoun try;andth ef ateo fC ab inetsi sde c
id edin a ffinityf o
th~ H ou se
, no tbypopu rL abou rth anf orth eb re thr enonth eLib eral
larvo te
. M r. K ing h a sc er- b e nch es
; a n d it wil
l n ot s ubm it t
tain lya mu ch b etter ch anc eo fP rog r am ely t o b e ca
r r
i e d
e ssive suppo rt ov era sabodytoe ith ero fth etwog rea tP arties.
th anM r.M eigh en; andi fh el ik estor iski t
,h eh asa
perf ectcon stitution alr igh ttodos o
.
St
illc learerandmo r ed ecisiv eth anth eP rogressiv e
Wh e
th eri tisgoodt a cticsi sano th erqu est
ion . Th e d ef eati sth eco llap seo f th eP at en aud e Mov emen t.
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Remo rseles sly s tag e -m an ag ed by th e "d i e-h ard s , MU

" S IC
ith a s su cc eed edine l ectingon ly on em emb er, and
ev enh isP at en aud eismi :;qu est ion abl e.M any F ren ch -
Can adian sh av eapp aren tlyl e arn edno thingandf o -
r Th e Bo ston S ymphon yO rch e stra
gott enno th ing . O f th eo th e r Con s erv ativ ese lect ed,

T
SirG eorg eP erley n ev er sw e rv edf romh isa l
l egi an ce HE d ifficulties a tt end ing ou r lo cl con
a cert-
toM r.M eigh en ; andM essr . Wh
s ite andB elld idno t m anag ers, inth el astf ewy ears,h aveb ecom e
joininth ec amp igno
a fr epud i ation . How f arM r. almo stin sup erabl .A b
e aremod i cum o fr ect
ials,
Pat en aud ew as reall y t he to ol o f th e "di e h ard s" a nd voc al a nd in t
srum ental,a p at
r, it in du bita l
b ya ppear ed
howf arh ew asu ingth
s emf orh isownend sw ea reno t th atMon trea l wou ld n ev erag ainb ev i st
i edbyanyo f
lik elytof i nd o ut. His " b ub bl e re p utati o n" is go ne; an d A meri cas
' s plen did sym p hon y or chestr s
a.
hisd efe ath asb een a cc ept edby Con serv ativ ese lse- Fo rm r
ely , ou r "p i tu
c rep ala ce s"h ad con s entedto
wh ere, an d b y t he p art y l oy alists here, wit h v ar yin g recei ve t h s
e e visii
tn g orc hestr as within th i
er sp aiou
c s
deg r eeso fr ei
l efo ren thu si asm .H isf ri end sc laimth t
a an d alto get her suitable halls; b ut at t he beginni ng
heh asdon eg r e tth
a ing sinr edu cingL ib er lm
a ajo rity. o fl as tse ason ,th s
e esam e th eat resadop t edth epolicy
Mr. M eigh en'sf ollow er sb elie ve, onth eo th erh and , tha t, f r
o th e futur ,
e th eir h os pt
i ai
lt y c ol
u d n ot be
th a t th e C on ser vativ e P art y of Q ue be c l ost at l eat
s dep en de d up o.
n I n fact, t he y clos ed their do r
o s for-
asmu ch inpub licr e sp ecta si tg ain edbyanyc amou - ever.
fla ge. Th ep eop leo fMon treal th er eforh adamp l ec au se
Mr. M eigh en w ant ed tocom etoQu eb ec. M any to hail as a great musical e ve nt t he co ming of t he
Con serv ativ ec andi d t
a es w oul d ha ve welco me d hi m. Bost on Sym p ho ny Orc hestra, on No vem ber th eseco nd.
Cer tainly h ecou ldh av eg iv enth el ietos to i
r esth t Su
a ch f earsa sm ay h aveb een en tert aineda stoth e
hew ast ry ingtoemb roilu sinfo reig n w ar.
s It is a. aco ustic q ualii
te s of th e F orum were s oon i
ds pl
ele d
str ang ei ronyby wh i ch th emo st N ation alisti c o f wh en th econ certb eg an;f orth eun cov ereds teel-arch es
Con serv ativ el eader si sd enoun c e d for his "Im p erial- of t he b i
ul i
d n g at n o tim e g av e any s oun d reson ance
ism '
.' Som eL iber l
a sc laimnosu chp rop ag and aw a s o re c ho. Th ev at cu
s t
r ains,h anging f romth eroo f
used . Bu t Ic anp erson ally t estif y t o at l ea t
s one to t he floor, a nd surr ou ndi ng t he sta ge, pr obabl y
Fren ch-C an ad ian ,b elong ingtoaw ell-known Mon tr eal ab so rb ed mo re soundth anw asn ece ssary: th et ru e
fam ily,av et er ano fth eG re atW ar, andanexp erie n ced pt
i ch of cert ain instrum ent swas n ot al w ays discernil
b e.
bu sin essm an,w hos aidinp e rfec ts eriou sn essth ati fAc i
eli ngsu spend edov e r th eo rche stra wou ld h av e
th eCon serv ativ es go tinth e r 'db
e eaw ar to -mo rrow ! re m edie d th ese f
efects. Th e re putatio n of Serg e
Ru r ale l ecto rs,o fcou rs e,wou ld b eb ette rin form ed . Ku ss evitzky , th ep resen t condu to
c ro f th eBo ton
s
Why d id M r, M eigh en s t ayaw ay ? Know in g his Sym p hon y Or chestra, ha d pre ce ded him on this his
ch ar acter,Iv en turetoo ff eranexp l an ationo fmy ow n. i
frst vist
i, t o M ontreal. Alrea d y in his i
frst y~ in
Fo ry ear sh is Eng i
l sh-sp e ak ing en em i esinth isc ity Bost on, h e had be en proclai me d a w orth y suc cs
es or
hav eb e ent ellingh imh ew a s hop eles sa sal ead er.W e o fD r. Mu ck andMon teux , andev enr ank eda sar iv al
hav ea llh e ardhowmu ch b et te rth eycou lddoi fth ey to Stok o wski of Phila dl
e p i
ha an d Dam rosc h f
o Ne w
hadth ech an c . App
e r
a en tly,h ed e cid edtol e tth em Yo rk.
th emt ry . Anyon ew h o know s th eirm ent alc alib re T o wat ch Ku ssevitzky condu ct on eg ath r
es th e
cou ldh av efo r eseenth er esu lt,andp rob ab lynoon e ~pression o fa m an who ~as comp letem astery o f
wasl s
e ssu rp ri sedth anM r . M eigh en , i
hs? J"t;a!?anwhose emo tiO nsn ev erg e tth eb t
et er
Hisp erson alt riumphinPo rt ag el aP r airie,insp ite o~ h ist echniqu e.Th ef a t
s estt empon ev rs
e ip
l sb eyond
ofal arg eMon tre l s
a lu shfunds entth er etod ef eat hiscon trol;th eso t
f estp arti sn ev ers entim en ta.H
l is
him ; and h is und r eam ed o f su cc essth roughou tth ea ctioni ssp aring ;w hil,f
e requ en lyon l
t eadingtoa
coun try, shou ld t ea chth eQu eb e c Con s erv t
a iv esa c resc endo ,h ed rop s bo th h isa rm , and a
s llow s th e
les so n. Fo rth evi to
c ryw asf airlyw o . Th
n eCon s er- o rch estratomov e oni tsownimp etu s. Th es treng th
vativ eL ead erp re ach edon eandth es am epo licyf rom o f th em an 'sp erson alty com
i esou t mo rek eenly a t
Co as t toCo ast. H e to ldth ep eop lewh ath eb eli ev ed su chmom ent s th ana tanyo th ert im .
e
tob er igh t,no twh ath ethough tth eyw anted toh ear. No on ec anqu ar
r lw
e ith th ef actth tW
a eber's Ou -
It istob ehop edw eh av eh e ardth el asto fth es e - v
d ertu re to' 'Eu ry anth '
e' m ak es ap erfect op ening
ulou sly p rop ag ated my th th a th eh as' 'nop er son al num~er fo_ raSY J?P honycon cert. Th ev agu em elodies
magn etism '
.' Th en igh tb efo r eth eel ection ,a fteralong o fth i sd eh cat epi eces erv ew ell th epu rpo s eo fcr et
aing
ands trenuou sc amp aignh ew asv isiblya tth eendo fh is ana tmo sph e reandfo t
seringar eceptiv emood among
re sou rce . Y
s et wh en th eO t taw a sp e ech w a s f i - th
n el isten ers.Av a taud
s ien ceo ff ivethou sand ( the
nish ed ,h eh eldav eritab lel e ve ,g
e re etingo ldf ri ends ~gure s
i t h at of the daily Pr ess) re quires to ha ve
with th ew a rm th anden thu s ia smo faboy . Th et ru th I tsun accu stom ed e ars tun ed ;soth athow everw ell
is,h is en em i esamong th eEng lish -sp e aking Con s er- perf orm e d a i
fr t
s n um b er, a s t he Ou v r
et ur,
e no o ne
vativ eso f Mon treal d r ead an ab ility and hon esty cou ld. eexpe~ted tos
b ayv erymu ch abou ti t.And no
whi ch th eya r ein cap ab leo fapp rec iating . Bu t th ey on ed id . B eside ,s
s o.m any w erel ate:p ari
tcu lalyin
r
hav et riedth eirown m ethod s, and f al
iedd i sm ally. th ew elld re sseds eciO
t no fth eaud ito rium .
Hen cefo rth th ey m ay h av e th es en s e tol et th e Th es e condnumb ero fth eprog r amm e,T chaikow sky 's
Con serv ativ e P arty r un it s o wn a ffairs; a n d it No. 6 S ym p hon y " Path etiq ue ", was t he e vening's
isa s af ep roph ecy th atth en ex tt im ew e sh al
l "pi ece de resista nce" i
( ne i
vt able phra se!). For those
seeM r. M eigh en condu cting h is own c amp aign in who h aven everh eardi tb efo re,th issymphonymu t
s
pre sen t som es r
eiou sp rob l em : th efir tmov
s em en t
thi sP rov in c e. beingd ivid edin tofou rp arts,andcon stitutina- awho le
Any su rv eyo fth ep re sen tpo liticals tu
i ationmu st symphonybyi tself,w th cod
i aandf ulthe~atic d
l e-
ne ce ssarily endonano teo fdoub tandqu estion ing , v elopm ent.
forth ep l ayi sno ty etp lay edou t.W eh av es e enth e Th es econdmov em ent (A lle groc o ngrazi,
a)r elates
th ef irsta ct,nomo re. Th ec risish asy ettocom e;th e
.olu tioni swho lly unp r edi ct ab le. (Con inu
t edonp agE' )
8
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Th i
cGl r
l Fo t
igh
tn l e
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i 7

Am ei
rc anid eaisasmu ch un -C anadiana sab adAm e -
r
lk
Ta eA
s on th ta
foun in icanid eai . My po
s inti sth atwea r es i
tlls e eking
alism i sa my th, M cC rae. s alvationf romw thou
i t in st eado ffromw ithin."
"CANAD IAN n ation r
a k a boutou r
Th eav er ag eC an ad iand oesno tknowth eme anin g " Bu t t he man wh o m ade that rem
rm - e xc ept, of co r
u se, t h e Fren ch - oon playing more g a mes i n the t
S t
a es w s
a onlyan
of th et e
an adi an,w h oi sah e ado fu sinth a tr esp ect." individu ala fterall, Ev ans."
C e he d oesno tstanda lon . Th
e e re
"Ifyoua reg i
o ng t o t
s arto n t h t
a tac k, Ev an, f r
o '
'Tr ue, bt
u I am s ur
illw er eachamo res eclud ed pot. was a letter inthe Dail y t o t hesam e effec.
t A nd did
go od nesss ak ew aitt l
al our w hoe
l
lw ay sb ecom e vi olent"
. n t
o o ur Pe
rside t
n r em in d us that f
ate r
You a lsos imilrtoth
a eAm erican?
"If eelv iol ent.W ea resu fferingf romanin feriority sy t
semo fa thlei
t sw
c asa
at stu dents' meetin g th eot her da y. Did n ot an e-
x me mber of t he Councl
i point o t
u t ht
a
com plex. Looka tth irely A m r
ei a
c ,
n
erei son ep lac ewh ereon ewou ldexp e ctad ev lop
e ed ou ror ga i
nsation of th e Uni on was ent
If th t
t end sacon f r
een ceannu ally
nation alismi ti sa tou rUn iversii
t es. W as th e reany andth atth eP reid
s enta
en th equ esiono
t fth eS c r
aletK ey inth e States inorder t ocollect thelate stideas on Uni on
evid en ceo fi twh mea n n t
o hing?
cietya ro s e? No t ab t
i. Se veral sp eak r
e s ap peal ed ma nagem en?
t Do the se stat ements
So of Mc i
Gll wer e t l
o dt ha top-
toth es tud ent stor ej ectth atid eaa sb eingf oreig nto A s Is ee i,
t th estud ents
lv eon e of o ur o w n. I f th ere h ad p oi
si
t o n toA mei
rcan i deas was usl
eess beca use we were
McG ill, andtoevo i
r can l ine. And y
s etw es til
l
be enanyn ation lp
a r id eanywh ere, th eapp e lcou
a ld a lreadyo rganisedonAm e
ly one w ay; th e Mc i
Gll t l
a k abo ut th eScot ch tra dt
ii o,
n and vote our Lord
hav eb e en an sw ered inon
stud entbody an sw er edi tinth eo th rw
e ay. Th ey R eto
c r ship. Y e God s!'
'
tK ey a good idea, so th ey a do t
p ed " Do '
nt get angry, E vans. You a lw aysd isik
l eb eing
though tth eS carl e l
h t
ei c B oard
d thu ss av edth em selvesth etroub leo fevo lving onth el oi
sn gsid.
e T he C ou ncl
i, the At
it- a n st ud entsare against yo u." '
aC an ad ian equ iv alen t'
.' a nd a great majoi
rty of
an s.You w an taB alk ann ation - "Soi s r
M. Shaug hn s
e s,
y Mc r
Cae. I su pp s
o e I had
"You 'r eb igo ted, Ev aus .
e"
an tu s tor t
eirein toou r selv esandto b et
terr ecogniseth atIr ep resentalo stc
alism . You w N rd
o ic
be com etou chyuponth esub je ctofn ation ality. Th at
attitud ewon 't doinAm e i
rca."
"Youc an 'td riv em e in toth atco rner,M cC rae. I
knowa sw ella syouth ed ang erso fCh auv inism and Two Ep ig ram s
F ascismandk ind red' ism s. Bu
' t th erei snopo ssib e
l
ad a; th ed ang e ri sa llf r omth e (From th eItaliano fD eRo ss, 1753
i -1827 )
ch an ceo fth a tinC an
oppo site qu arter. Wh at Im ean by my a ttitud ei s 1
sowni sa
th
m e
i
r
,th
s
e en
atan
cumb r
ationw
anc
ithou
eonth
t ach
ef aceo
ara
fth
t
c e
ee
ro
ar
fi
th
t
. Th edu A
ty ,
H friendl
s
y Sr
pin
tajoyou
,
g
sb ando fpleasu resb ring
ation -l ik eth ato fanind ividu ali stocon tribu te Thoudo
ofan That sta ywith us, in tr t
u h, to oshort a ti me,
som th
e ingnov l and o
e riginal toc iv ii
ls t
aion , no t to i
r me.
icso fo th ers. And y etr etur neach year in al
l theirp
ap eo rr efl ectp alely th ech ar actei
r st eryw ay
t: the yha ve m oral significan c.
e Inev
Su chn ati o ns d o not co u n Like t hin ,
e my Ap i
r-d
l ay,
Th ti
a sth epo i
stiono fC an ada." ht joys an d pla
esu res ini tst r in
a
edu c e th atf romth el asts tud en ts' My yout ,
h broug
"Youc anno td t,a la,h
s as flo wn, an d wl
il nt
o c o me again. '
ting . You ex agg erate,a su su a.
l" Buti
m ee
"Bn tId od edu c ei t,M cC rae. I t isf airtot ak eth e 11
S carl tK
e ey a sat e stc ase. Th e vo tew en t ag ain st
C an ad a. On e mo r e cu stom ,a so lda sM cG ill spo rt LOVEwou ld'heap s co rnuponh ersist rSp
e ring.
its l
e ,w
f en t byth ebo ard." Fo rth ebriefst ayandh a tyso
s jou rning
"Iti sno ts ob ada sa llth at. Th es tud ent sm er ly
e Ofh ers tr ayf lower.
s
want ed todo som eth ingtoo rg anis e en tertainm en t, Bu tth a tfairSeasonan sw ered:"Ah ,th enthoe ,
andth ey im p orte d t his r
f om Dartm o t
u h. T h t
a was T hy am o rou sh or
us,
l
al." Outlast,p erhaps, th eb loom ingo fmy ro s e?".
..
..~; :.
"Iam s orry, b ut t h t
a was not al
l. I do not car e a .R
F .S c t
o.
t
igf
f orth eS c arletK ey i t sef
l;wh atm attersi sth ea tti-
tud eo fm ind tow ard si t. Wh en i tw a s po in tedou t
th atnoo th erUn iv ersity inC an ad ap s
o sesse dsu chan
org anis ation , som eon ea ro seands aidth atthougha t Wha t S trang e En chan tm en t
th emom en t ou rch ie fg am esw eep
r l ayedw th Qu
i e ens

W
andTo ron to, th et im ew as no tf rd
a istan twh en w e HAT s t rang e en chantm ent
wo l
u db ep layingmo r eg am esinth eS t ates th anin Outo fF aery
Can ad a; th eimp lic ationb eingth atw e shou ldAm er-
i Or th el ando ff lowers
cani senowtoad ap tou rselvestoth isch ang e. Th ink
er em arkw ent un ch l
aleng ed. H ave you wov en ov e rm e th reet im es
ofth a ,M
t cC ra e! And th s of your e yes
eri fth eg r adu at esr
- ath ermy thic l
a heroe ,
s so T hat t hesh y glanc e
Iwond e them sh
e eso fan et
fara s in flu en ceabou t th eC ampu si scon c ern ed -! Ar
ealis eth ech ang e sth ath ave res ulted F or my i
l mbs,
wond eri fth eyr s heen f
o yourh air
fromM cG ill's r
b an c hing out i t
n o the s -
oc l
ale d In- A nd thedar k
ern t
aion alspo rt.W eh av epaidf ori t:w eh av eb ec o me C andlel
-ight
t Fo r my mo th though ts,
den ation alised . W ea r elook ingSou thag ain,andno t
A nd your whit eb r eat s
Ea st andW est. Tw inmoon s
"M indyou ,Idon 'td iscussf oramom en t th er ight-
esso fAm ei
rc an i f
nl uen ce,b e cau se t
i T o dra w myt id e?
s
ne sso rw rongn Vin cetS
n tarr
do esn'ta ffe tm
c y ar g um ent i nt h es i
lg hte t
s. A go od
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Th M l
i r
l Fo t
igh
tn l e
yRvew
i
8

THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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(Coninu ro
edf ag
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innow ay toth eoth er,bu

s ts tandsa sap retyin
t ci-
dentalp ieceinl ightm inuets tyl e;th eth ird(A l
l g
e ro
h
T cG
eM l
il ml
oto vivac,)s
e tand sequ allya lone,a sa th eme,and
fl
ufl
isth ep artofaf i a
nl,w
e ith l tsgreatc re c
sendoo f
fourth mo em
v e t
n, ana dagio
r
Fotn t
ighl e
y Rvew
i b
l
rs
a
am
s
e
e
t
n
sand
o s,s
o e
r
d
rv
m
e
ns
sa
. T
sane
he
pl
iogu ,to
e t l
alyun conn ected
wth th
i e r
pe ceding part.
s
Th ef aw
l l essint rp
e rea
t iono
t fth i ,T
s ch aikow sky's
nS
O l
a t
ea generallya cknow ledg edm at
ser-wo rk,a llow ednoroom
forany thingbu tp raisef orku ssevitzky.
Duk as' "App ren i So
t rcir
e"w as p laced a s th ird
nmnb ronth
e eprogramm e ( r
p obably)a s a conc s
e i
so n
h
TeU i
non top
Ir e
eop
c l
a
l
l
ew
edD
h ol
ebu
ik
ss
eajo
'
y s "
ly
l
Gol
i
p
i
l
ec
w
eanden
ogs Cak
joy
ew l
a
ab
k
l
"
erhy
an d
thm
t h
.
e
ch ofTh eM aionn
r etts
e .
"
TeA
h rtB i
ud
lig
n "Fun r
e alMa
r
r
thnmnb e , Ib
r er'
ts"E scales"w as adv er-
Th e fou
rf r
ist perform ance i n Monr
t ea.
l A thin
Br
utn
osL
' imt
ied tiseda
compo
sf
st
i
o
iono fth eton e-po emandd es r
ciptive mu sic
varity
e ,th isfirtp
s erform ancecou ldju stlyb eth ela t
s.
We shou lda lw aysb eg ad toh
l eara "F irsttim ein
Mon r
t eal"; bu tw em ay w ith good r easond em and
l
ing
S i
eCope 0c
s1 t
ens tb e som th
e ing un ique, su ch a s,S criabin'
i s
th ati
"Po em ed el'Ex tase", r
o Stravinsk '
ys " Os
l eau de Feu .
"
s
Subcip
r t 1
ion $.0
0 ef it
fh and f in l nmnb
a er on th ep rogramm e,
Th
Beri
lo z' s"R akoczy M arch " f rom th e "D amn aion
t
ofF aust",c anon ly b e lookedupon a sag ratuitou s
offei
r ng.
A. M . T .

THE HARPER PRIZESHORTSTORY

t
Con
( r
ed f
inu a
ompge4
)

byth es am epeson
r ,Ch arlsC
e aldwel Dob
l i, th
e eonly
wrt
ierw how asd eclaredtw iceap i
rze_:w
_ inne.H
r isf r
ist
taleisofc im
r ,
e t
is causesa nd detet
ci on s
a well as its
judgm ent. Th r
e ei sa c rimin alexp etw
r ho though t
hekn ew mor~ a bout criminas
l than the yth e s
mel e
vs.
Atl eas,a
t sar esultofh isowncomp lacency,h efound
himsef ina
l teri
r l
be r
pedicam ent; only t r
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