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The Drama Festival Sudbuiy took cn a iesthe air last veekend l)e^niung early Friday marmag vtimi ibe Tomn anive grceting bkarj^ed Sudjburians witb a cbeery good roorping. After a ssries of^de^y gnmts and with tlie aid of öun»n>us cups of with anequally cheery greetingand the festive air continued untaiate Sunday night^ wben with the depaiture of the out-of-töwners, a busy wÄlcend came to a conclusioo. The occasionof coijrse was the Anniial Youth Drania F)e5tival^^^~^^^ the fourth — which was iield in Sudbiny over the Easter weekend.^^ ITiis year; this' Finnish Ch-ganization of Canada sponsoredevent,had: . the young people of Port Arthur, Toronto and Sudbuiy busily prepar- J ing.tbelr entries yi the festK-al since late February. ^ . . > < Jud^ng from the levd of pefformahces ä great deal of work had^ gone into rehearsals aithough in some cases a little more work'wonld haive done a ^ y with the nuQor difficulties enoountered,. - The adjudicators dedared tbe entry of, the Alerts A. C.' as the best presented play and the John Salo trophy vras Vvrarded to directpr Aino Pirskanen.! The play "Yö ja*päivä"by Aleksis Kivi is one of the Finnish classics.;':The leading adtress' award was awarded ^JTaimi A\'hitman Tvho was'cast'in the lead role. The leading actor's award was presented to Taisto; Savela of Toronto for his psrformance/ in *'The Valiant" which was directed by Allen Waren. Nita Aitkäits^iio had a part in the same play was given the best supporting actressJ award and Albert Maki,received the award for the best supporting ac-torfor his part in the Sudbury play "Vastahenkeä" directed by Helen ' Grenon. " ' '• - . Manyother membersof the casts of the five playspresent?d also put on a comrinäng performance nialdng the tasks of the adjudicators V a difficult bne. ' • , . - _ Although this year .pnly five plays were presented 36 young people were involved,in theplays;with the largest,east in the vinniijg play. • ' - • . AJn interesting- thing to^note is that the Finnish classics have proved to be extremely popular with the audiences and that the ypung ' people have in the main been able- to overcome the difficult länguage problems encpuntered. The main award in the first festival wa^ won by a Sudbury groupunder the direction of Helen Grenon with the play '-Lyylikki", The foIlowing year wheh the festival was held in Toronto the play '-Sudet'-wasvery welirec;ived although itdid^not win' the festi\'al. Last'year no Finnish c'a5sics were entered but this year "Yö ja päivä", the' only Finnish classic entered; won top honors. • '• Although the adjudication is done on thebasis of the performance and the content of the play is nottaken into consideration, it is öb- ^^^bus that the Drama Festivalswill play an even more important role . in our cultural worki if plays are chosen with audience appeal in mind. (Past experiences seems to indicate that the most popular plays are the dassics of the last century' with folkrplays "ninning aclose secondi • ' " - V -Experience has also shown that the younger generation jcan n\asr; ijer^these plays and the ;language'difficulties;:prwidingpreparatio are.startedin good time. , .-, '• •'• HoTveverj the qiiestion of EngHsh plays should not be rejedt!^edj*äs; there are many young'people in'-our clubs: whb either cannot \^'eak'. Finnish or c^bnot speaik it.well enough to learn the Iines. ,But bere :too>-more emphasis should be placed on the dioice of jplaysr-J^Astthe; Drama Festival has now become a^permanent annuaV affair, it >m L b(j'a good idea to start4ookingaround[ for g^ the.interest is high so^that the choice of plays and-direGtorscoujd be.: discussed atclub meetingsand:the wholethingcouldbeconiecplkctive effort. If preparations can be started will in advance it will mean that' • there will be a^choice of people fof different paits and the' director vrill not face the problem of havihg to "bug" someon^vyho is not an-^^ xious in taking pa;t. ^^^^^^^^^^ i^^^^ term planning wll make' it' possible to have möre ehi- ' ries in the festival and will also: lead to regional elhnination iestivals;: thfe vrinners ofwhich would be entered in the central festival. c: J>fow that we have firoilyestablished this important cultural'festival wemust strive to rmprove it in every way. The best way to do it'is to start preparations muchearlierthan has been the habitjpre^ ferably in the early fall when fäll activifies start. around the halls. ^ Smaller centres have persistently shied away from the festivals, although, vjrhenthey have been?entered their performances haye been well received and on numerous: occasions they have won individual ^ • a\vards. It is to be. hoped. that next year a number of the smaller^ cetitres will be entered. • ? In the final instance we must' always keep in mind that it is im'^ portant to strive to winy because after ali that is the purpose of com-petition; but on the other hMä<it*is obvious that everyone cannot win. Aitihough at times the decisibns o f the adjudicators may not seemquite correct, they are nevertheless final and based ön a carefui appraisal of: ali äspects and therefore cannot be changed. If it is felt that an in-justiee has been 3one the best th^hg to do is to adopt the attitude that next year even more work,will go into the production to ensure a victory. ** This writer is of the opinion that such an attitude will seethe level, of performances making a sharpupvrardtrend next year, '• mmmm W H E R E W I L L I T EIO)? Are We Near the End of Record Breaking? f- o T CHABUE COtJTTS A record is a challenge to determin. ation, 5p«ed.and ablllty. ? It is amaz-icg to team from «tatfstics that ali :i4 World swimingzecoFds/ now stand-uig, vere n)ade;daring t&e last 2 yeara 24 in the last 13 months. In'attile-tics,: vheie stop-vatch. and measur-insr tape count most. over: 60 records were broken in 1955 including repeats. is interesUng to:note that Paavo Nurmis winin8: tlme oi 14 min. 312 sees.: for t^e 1924 Olympics, 5,000: m.' wouIdn't qualify for eitfa«rthe British or French Olympic teams this year^ Most amazlng'of ali are the shat-tering performances by the glrls.Xet us. take another- line . thrgugh^ the past. Admittedly the ilrstOIympics : were run on a cinder track, but the wimier of 'the men's 800 m. clocked 2 min: 11 sees. He tvouldn'! be in the hunt with Nltia Otkalenko (USSR) who coxers the distance in 2 min. 5 sees, the explanation; where It end? :'Someputit ali down to im-provements in track and lequipment. The* ansyrervas given In "World Sport'-magazine, who quoted Sir Donald Broadman, "The water basn't improved but : swimming y records haye". Of - course, tracks and equip-ment are better/ but the main reasons I fvould put llke this — the vast num-bers i a sport at every level; increased competition, especially international-ly, aiid the exchange of ideas that go with it; the Scientific revolution in coachlng and tralning. Are we near' the limit. m record brealdng? Perhaps a limit will come some day but we are nowhere near it yet. Vithin two: years I. expect to see 'everyone of todays ^ phenomenal" records' trokenV''T^ opinion is based j on; the belief that Ali the reasons, given'above/ for improvements ivill con- ,tmue: ' ^' ' • S C I E N C E I N . S F O ET ' Let'^ iake the example of the S',000 :mi, the race that has caughtpubllc imagination more' ?than,j-any other.. Here is the story ,fro^ J9,42. j. 19Ö" Haegg,' Öwe^en''' 135'8'2 '" :1?54 Zatopek. C. S.'R; 1954 Kiitz.'USSR • 1954 Chattavay, UK 1954 (Kutz.' USSR : 1955Ilial*os, Hungary 1955/Kutz, USStl 1955 Iharos, Hungary ; (a new 3 mile record Btopidstics From Biood :^ Hungarlan Vere^rch workers claimi ''I andr m to have produced a hard plas'Jc ma-' terial from human blood whlch Will have revolutlonary: ef/ects m "Worid surglcal practlce.'^ It can be usedlntcmally for various, _forms of surgical reinforcements, and a.s it comes fiom the human organism : it eventually breaks up and is abzorb-ed when the affected part of: the body \-s healed. The Story vrastold in thfi nBWspäp-er Magyar Nemzst by Mifcaly Ge-rendas. leading research worker of /Hungary s national -blood transf osion Eferiice.' ' ;rpiere has been a :needvfor a"^Iong time' for "opsratäonal; purpasesi for certaln shapas or forms. soch 'as : cups and pipes, that can be placed in the "hmnan orgsnism but ;which • can ; be absorbed af ter: a determinsd lens-th of Ume. PlastcS of syntnetic crigin nsei so far ilct confonn to thsse demands. - '1 had been dolng research into bIä}d;-c::o£tihg agents and «ound-protectlng materials. I found the > albnmen -vhicb plays; a: n in;eon-gealisg the ^ibod — Cbrinogen most' snttable for the purpose.' gineer Karoly Toroi, have succeeded M 'producing hard preparations. wh:c5i: can be f ormed into any shape reqiiijed from tlie fjbrm ^-hich -forms the blood elot., We .calT tliem bio-plasiics, . ' - ,^ " ;^'BioplastiC3. as they criginalte irom the himian stiuctufe, do not faehaye 2S foiefgn bodies when."used^ ih t^e •humart oganisai. but ^önriy break up^acd are absorbed. -Use of these nevv materrals opens up -Wide perspectivcs.' Blcplastlcs were'uted first of aa in thetreaiment of ossllied*^ joints, but surgeons äre almoät: daily^ bringing up^^^Hoposals iior other u=es; .POT exampte/ experi-r mests ar» golng on in bone-rivet jig 'co7e.;ing deftcfencie^^ in -Qie chest TFall and supi lementicg tbe?bile duct. "VVie h3ve no knowlsdge' of these materials beji3 cither /made or-used ei:ewhere." 1357.0 13ii.8' ••;:;-";:i3J5ij6v^' 13512 135Ö.8 ' 13.46.8 ::^:^:^-lS;40;6i;;( en-route) , ^iChromlk, ,Taboriv„and,^Kovacs are others: to, get below the 58 sees. marlc. .Dave Stephens of Australia wiU soon join the UstiSotoo wlll Herman oi Germany. Physically ali these champions are very different. Greatestcontrast is between the two.who foughfc for the title last year. Iharos is slim and long limbed, Kutz stocky and miascled. In style too, they ali differ from the head rollmg agonie^ of v Zatopek to the ranging.stride of Stephens. From what I know of them, temperaments are also very different. common denominator? T^ey are ali at the top iiecause they train sdentifically. Suppose you were getthjg ready for the 5,000 m During the. first week you: .ivould run say, 10 laps of 500 m. at 1 nnn; 50 sees each: < In between laps you; vouid jog along at an easy pace for 40 secs.'Next ireek: you vould cut the easy spells tp 30 sees., and so on. untU it 'is -cut out completely You vould then tie covering the distance in-13A>' which; Incidentälly .would be a ^ ^ new World record. ; If you are a budding athlete I dbn't advlse you, to try:rthis Schedule, even Iharos Is "on:y" tralning for 13.30 sees. new, but It is Uie kind of aim < timt distance runner5;willbesättlng soon. • ' Of. course this is only an .example. Each mnner, takes the . method - and adapts it to its own style Her^tbe role of the ' fcoach is seen in its- f uU imp"ortance. He has to know the athr letes -inside out; in order to help him stlck to ^the Schedule. A 20 YEAR RECORD WIIX GO What conclusloii io draw? This Champion makingmethod-ls.ofaly in itc earliest stages and we can be conr* fident that there are many more to come and lots of records" to go yet. As a matter of f act,. in athletics. I thmk we are going to see a whole series of new figures for the 400. m. and 800 m. The 800 m. is the distance where. the almost super-hmnan training Schedule should pay,'Teally b'g dividends. Last ye^ar Roger Iijoen of Belgium chcpped neaisy a rull se-cond oif Rudolf Harbigv 16 year old •record: Lou Jones of the USA set 45.4 sees. for the 400 m. Bob .Whllden 402 sees for the 440 yds. in a relay. They and oihers shoUId do even better this *eason. ncYou could point to the 100 m. and Jessle Owen*s 102 sees. 'which has stood the test of the last 20 years. This Is the distance wherenatural abllity counts most.: but 5 others have equalled 102 and in my opinion 'there are 16 athletej} capaUe oC dolng the same. By tiie end of11066 I ex-pect one of the 6 top Americana to beat Jessie Owen's: flgture. Keep; an eye open too for M. Germar af Ger- :.many and Mike Agostlni of Trinidad. Best bet of ali is perhaps Hec Hogan; Australia, who equalled the 100 yds; World record in r 92'sees., when not fully tralned. ' To tum ^international competition; two of last years events Ulus-trate the point. In the Warsaw Youth Meetlng where 43 coimtrles competed, slx World records vere broken. In Belgrade.where; 8 natlons 'competed. anil incidentally Soviet and American athletes met for the first time since tiie • Helsinki ^Olympics, 4 World records went. International events are going to multlply aa the world moves more and more to security based on understanding, SOVIET HOCKEY CHAMPS EMPHASIZED TEAM WORK In a press Interview Vsevolod Bob-rqv, the captain of the champlonship w:nnmg Sovlet ^ hockey team, descri-bed his, impressions of the Winter Olympic toumamcnt as followsM - Questlon; How do you explairi the success of the Soviet team? An5wer: Pirsfof ali, our ice-hockey players have been training hard ever since the summer, and w.qpaidmuch attentlon to woi;king. out, new tftcttca. We envolve4, jaej^;" c^mb(||l£^a|fc that were deägneii to cönf use ;our iurj tiu-eopF-onents.It seems toyme that we achleved something In*-thisSres-pect. -'4^; K} . Ow : coaches, Arkady v Cheriiy&hOV. and Vladimir, Yegorov,. put iii "a lot cf work to make the team play as a real team. Our rteam was 4xnited .by a feeUng of great solldarity;* In'oor-tlna. before every game, we would get together.dlscuss the pian and go over the tactical and technlcaL peculiari-tjes of our opponents. Question: What can you teli us about the other teams" that participa-ted in the ice-hockey tournament? Answer: A few word3 about the Americans first, There is no doubt that the US team has becothestron- £:er recently and was one of the main bidders f or the Gold-Medals,.: Cjiarac-teristic of the American players were well concerted actions. fiwlftness, and the aggresslve ••. spirit, Their goal-keeper, Ikola; is a splendid tlayer. As to the Canadians, I think that their fame for being one of the strongest teams in the world was not s:jattered at the \ Glyniplcs,: though they only came third.^ Their • defeat by the US team was, I thlnk ducto tlieir underestimatlon > of the US strengCh; When playing agalnst us; the^ were particulary strong Inthe first perlod. ': I'have to admit that'the Czechoslo. vak team did not live up to expecta-tlons. Tlie fihowing it made wa8 much bclOw its:abllities. I hope^that the;T Czechoslovak 1 athletes will soon be able to relnst^te themselyes aa the s^rQpse£)i'Playetti^.:in the wojfi4^.I^ -'ijtteltion: - ',Are therevahy,€öviet' players that you would,llke to men-t: on In particular? AasWer:,This I» a'difficult 4uestlon. I haye alr^ädy meniion^d thät>pn:t^ rmkdur teambehaved as a team. The skiU. ot> the players was practically equal, But I can mention NU^olai Sologubov. our defender, who dlsplay-ed extraordinary Ingenulty; and ma-iuged to keep a cool head in the most excitlng moments. V Our young goal-keeper; Nikolai Puchkov> also deserves to be^mentioned for his good.form.; Question: /TVhatare you impressions of Cortina d'Ampezzo? Answer: I havebeen to many European :cduntries, but I tftiall remember the games in Cortina for a l o i^ time. The gorgeous scenery, the hospitality of the Itallans, and the good sports-manship that reigned throughout the game8>-T we Soviet athletes shall ai-ways remember. this, I.would like to mention the spectators, the tourists who came f rom ali parts of the world. We met and talked to people of many nationalitles. We were ali Insplred by one thought, by one wish — to live ir. peace and friendship. MOge MIMOUNS? i^iU there be more and mor| people in sport? Of course! The outstand-* ing fjsature of the contenu>orary sports scene is the way countries »{hich were once in the background have Bhot to the forefront; A^ one time atliletic records we're a vlrtual monopoly of the USA., Britain, Finland and Sweden. 'Today the Sovlet Union, Hungary and Czecdpslovakla have a' lion's share. -. One cannot ig» nore the fact that their progreas is based on national concern for health and physical fitncss, plus excellent facilitles for youth in Jthe mass; The sports edttor of the "London Times", was not far of f the mafk in a recent Comment * The USSR "can draw on200 milllon of A; populatlon: and: teach them the best tactics and techniques.^' This 15 sometlUng ;that wi>l go on and develop more end;more In oth^r coUn-tries. ' , MlUlons live in ^olonial and under-developed countries. FOT:thom sport is either denied. pr at its most prlmi.; tive. What 0 feserve of talent Ues waltlng to enter the Usta. Already Indla, China . and / Indonesia ahaw slgns of making their mark. Just stop to think how many Alain Mlmouna' can come from' Afrlca, :when young people there arc able to go in for sport even on the same scale as in other countries. Whatwill.h u>recoräs then, should make our pre-r sent breathtaking' efforts look common place. TIME-KEEPINQ CIIANGES NEEDED There have been an increaalng number of races where the first twö 01 three flnished In the aame time, but'the'Judges were/able ito 'plaee them, first second or-third. The neOd IS lonfe overdue for a'ohahge ta tlräe-keeplng methods:'* Did one of^.the nthletes ciredited with cfiualUnfe f Jessle Owen8 102 för the 100 m. actuallybcät the record? In n^yi opinion more than llkely;. Npo^ toul4n*t3 ithey^ t^clrt tbe ;predlt?i T , 'Bje^ ' ahyth|ng less jtha»\^ rtentba^Mued on ma, modern 5top-watch. Conse-quentiy the ruttncn^|arc credited vwltt|' a slövver timeitltan Chey'detterve, • \ This,,ls no mipcilpk\m,j.lme^pf% pers^ but I döubt If there: ar^ Imahy who can guarantee iOO/per cent: con-, centratlon iat.tbe finagt a rac^:when^ only Inchesseparate the Jeadersnor are there many watciies with per-fect aceurate ttmtag,, IVhat to do? Go over to electronlc photo-ttmlng. - l « t the athetes get the credit for the ^lOOth; of a second extra effort, or even .a lOOOth.of a second, EXPLAINING THE MESS A. man; named - Bronson died very: suddenly, leaving his affalrs in s terrlfic mess. • Among the unfinished; business was an importantletterleft unmalled, . ''' ' Before sending It of f / at: last, the Secretary felt the delay required some explanation. She was a stickler for detall anyway, ;änd beIow Mr; Bronr: 5on's slgnaturesheadded a postscript: "Since writing this letter, I have died," Torstaina, hjihtikuun 5 p. — "Hiursday, 5, W§i;_ •J <m H A B N E S S O i C TOE A T OM UNTOLD POSSIBll^TffS FOR FUTURE ENTHGY mos THE OCEANS Who basn'jt thought of the tremeh-dousenergyiiberated in the explosion oi an H toombr Today British scien-tists are working to Control this pow-er. and to succeed ta this meons Ibat great supplies of eniergy are ours for peaceful ttse. The big problem is to find a substance tliat, wiU stand; upj to the milllons of'degrees of heat.ge-' nerated In the explosion tvhen the hyr 'drogen atoms are transformed: to he- Mum. The scientists reelcon it wlll take about twenty years to achieve this. Bu^ once it's done' ;lt opens: up untold possIbiliUes for progress - r ^ tho necessary raw materiat exists today ta the. hydrogen of the oceans. Sovlet; and American scientists are also workw tng^on the solution of this ptpblem. - AIR AND WATER — BREAD \ Photosynthesis Is a rather difficult looking Word -~ yet i f s a very lm portant process in nature. ;It'8 what. hap-pens when platlts take the carbonlc acid from the' air. add water aöd through the action,of the sun^s rays and tihlorophyU produce slarch and augar.: Radioactive, isotopes: are .bo- Ing uscd by Sovlet scientists to tini out the Secret of this proccss, When this is knowrt and can be Imitatcd then perhaps we'll see the day'whcn hread Is made from air nnd^water. ARCTIC ORCHABDS Yes, that^s possible but it taodns transforming. climates,- And Sovlet scientists,a short whUe ogo reycqjUed that' they have been working on' a glgantlc proJect to do, just. this. What do they alm to do?. Beat the Arctic Ocean and so^ completely alter the Bevere climate of the northem re-giohs of-Euro^e, Asla and America. And they airo to do this by con-structing a glant^damacl^ rlng Straits whlch separate Siberia from Alaska — a' distance of 57 kms, This will be Itaked to a gigantlc pum- Ping statlon driven by a milllon kw. atomic statlonvA. sort of ,ortlf|cia} OulfStreafbwiU:becom,e possible a^id the warm Avatorsof the Paotf|c Ocean wlll he dlverted ihtbt^e Arctic 8eä.\ This!artJficlal'• Purrenfc wiU addi to the > Arctic «Ocean, each year.'heat equivaient tp th/it of pnc milllon tpns of oil. What would ali this mean? The converting. tp^a of vasi arca8'ofyii|nä^^ natlirnl resources — thecomplcte changlng ofifllljerlä —fand changing, «he, aj:ca8 ,;th^yipp^jr§8|y(^^ Bontlc mRSse8:0f;icp]d;ai|v^ BC-Universiiy - StUdentii at the tTnlversity of Brt-tish Columbia have chänged; mJnds :Sn4'^vili|3wBteta^jl^ shlp in the National Federation bf Canadlat» University, «tudents Don Jaboär/Zstudent coucil prcsl-. dent-elcct,'said-the declsion;probably would,mean that fpur other uniypwi-ties wouId consider rejoining VtPCV$. They.are University of Toronto/Aca-dla of Nova Scotia, McpUI and the University of iManltpba,'^ ' In a refcrcndum students votcd 701, to 626 to rejoin the federation. The Student ;Councirs<mottoh that UBO wiciKlraw fromtlie national orgartlzar ton had been' cärrled ^'ii^]30iaiM general meetlng M^rch 15. ' HappySNe^^yi^^ America and larges^ctfoos^itf jBlit^PSPir? t wtads. .The reglon»«f fiei»al^lee«8I< f give way to towns. viuäges, fUäöM iSut'X'^<(-^ prehpl^^ AToanc rowER hovsE ~ V > But it isn't only what sdentisto jjdiui for tomorrov, that eotmts, 'Mkf^Uji '! Uie field of atomlc power hpuMss ^ things are already under w/iiy, % J'^'-^'^ . Take Brltata whlch,^9m buOdnl^ ^ atomic po^er statums .t)etwcen>,106(^ ' and 1965. From then pn vork «iUjbe,; spceded up to sucb an extenttha^hjr» 1070 the majority of elecMe|io)ilrifer' wlli comfrirom nvclear en^igy.lttdia. ' ais6. isnt betag ieft' behind in this,. sphere. mite, here coal axul ivatot " resources are ample for iears' t p toto» they ate concentrated to' »fevJns» gions. ^ h y then carry cpal or vimfjiir long diatandia toVotber : Ätomic centres'can';he buiit x f ^ t^oii S \ The world's first power centret,^ \l the j3ovIet.union„has beä»,.work!nf for over a yeor^and without hifctili;'' > The sdentlts who met at Oenjtva Wtre; ' able to study'anc^ leamfrom I t r ^ i K ^ ' . u . '> m 'm thl« typp of exchange oJT luiowI«ige'r '/f^m, that makea certata a great tactt«w;in^ J ^ il^' ,the pu^Ung of atpmlc eners^ jlo^vi^if l f ui purpöscB pn a wlde scale. - ^ NATUBALLY. . i-^One fsUov vows that the chaiznun of a meetmg of-throat speeialists ta Philidelphia declared on^v the plat^ f«ni, "You now have^all heard, the niotion, AU to fay«nir lay rahiC'' Ih the way of many a potential goal femDetroit^Montreals Jacques Plante also proves to be in the way of Gordie Howe wfao is seen tripping over him as he attempted to score. At the end of the second period iti lookedbad for-Montrea^^ 4-2. But the third was different with Montreal s^^ to wind up in the lead 6-4. Montreal was victorious in the second game also. The third and fourtfa^games W2ll be playedin Detroit Tbursday and Sunday. Jv:;A;.recentS^i Medical ?New». ?;;jr side, tmhJatprio:,devs!6 , he lieJd of preventlve mcrtidrie.' i pne ras ths announccmtnt that by '»ims atomlc radlatlon, ftcj/>lJ»ta, no^ ''eUeve th^jy can producfi auf^r, more cffective vacclriös rtjfain«t the virus i"iOhv tha t. Äufcsiaa--^ oped a ' hizaly cff.ctive vatcine gainxt infliicnza." The rcpgrt on me oi radioactivlty o producfj vaccint-s v/as maas at a 'rpeetin^';- •öf V Jjiiysrid • i2icnti8l*:in;:'Cali^ •loctor, nunszl T, Jordan. t'xp!ahu'd loctors at the City of Hope HoÄpital' ;iad employpd rHdlcattivt! cohalt (CO ^?0> to dimiroy tlid•cör(!$<yty^ *hat':the result häd. been ».'«fer. a ' •nore' e/fec-tlvc vacsints th«n «»^ 9btaincd by chemJcalJy kllUng.r rus core», : Dr. Jordan saJd th« CO-60 tochni-iue had been uKcd oh larke; mcdSum and small; vlruasa, v,'Uh equal (;ff.:c-tlvenes ». FLU VACCINE n»:.-» brlng» us directly to the devc- 'opment by the Russiars of the suc^ ;essfut Influenza-preventlng ^ väccine. This v/äs ca"Icd to thiS atteritipn of U, S, medicineby the group of Soviet ^ientists wbo have been tourlng our country. The head of the groupfroro the U,SSJi:,«äid.the.vaccine Is ai-, ready belng glve;l tp. abpiit: 10 milhön «ve-vlrus polio-vacctae. Inteiestlpg' ly:'enough;: wörit" in/öjisi'direi^^ expsrts -feel ^ sudiVa:;viru8. mu^^j^^-- tually replace the Salk yädctae,:dS|i;;:^^i' tiiät-ltfthis^iiij^^ iuMon:siforvvth^
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Title | Vapaus, April 5, 1956 |
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Date | 1956-04-05 |
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The Drama Festival
Sudbuiy took cn a iesthe air last veekend l)e^niung early Friday
marmag vtimi ibe Tomn anive grceting bkarj^ed
Sudjburians witb a cbeery good roorping. After a ssries of^de^y
gnmts and with tlie aid of öun»n>us cups of
with anequally cheery greetingand the festive air continued untaiate
Sunday night^ wben with the depaiture of the out-of-töwners, a busy
wÄlcend came to a conclusioo.
The occasionof coijrse was the Anniial Youth Drania F)e5tival^^^~^^^
the fourth — which was iield in Sudbiny over the Easter weekend.^^
ITiis year; this' Finnish Ch-ganization of Canada sponsoredevent,had:
. the young people of Port Arthur, Toronto and Sudbuiy busily prepar- J
ing.tbelr entries yi the festK-al since late February. ^ . . > <
Jud^ng from the levd of pefformahces ä great deal of work had^
gone into rehearsals aithough in some cases a little more work'wonld
haive done a ^ y with the nuQor difficulties enoountered,.
- The adjudicators dedared tbe entry of, the Alerts A. C.' as the
best presented play and the John Salo trophy vras Vvrarded to directpr
Aino Pirskanen.! The play "Yö ja*päivä"by Aleksis Kivi is one of
the Finnish classics.;':The leading adtress' award was awarded ^JTaimi
A\'hitman Tvho was'cast'in the lead role. The leading actor's award
was presented to Taisto; Savela of Toronto for his psrformance/ in
*'The Valiant" which was directed by Allen Waren. Nita Aitkäits^iio
had a part in the same play was given the best supporting actressJ
award and Albert Maki,received the award for the best supporting ac-torfor
his part in the Sudbury play "Vastahenkeä" directed by Helen '
Grenon. " ' '• -
. Manyother membersof the casts of the five playspresent?d also
put on a comrinäng performance nialdng the tasks of the adjudicators V
a difficult bne. ' • , . -
_ Although this year .pnly five plays were presented 36 young
people were involved,in theplays;with the largest,east in the vinniijg
play. • ' - • .
AJn interesting- thing to^note is that the Finnish classics have
proved to be extremely popular with the audiences and that the ypung '
people have in the main been able- to overcome the difficult länguage
problems encpuntered. The main award in the first festival wa^ won
by a Sudbury groupunder the direction of Helen Grenon with the
play '-Lyylikki", The foIlowing year wheh the festival was held in
Toronto the play '-Sudet'-wasvery welirec;ived although itdid^not
win' the festi\'al. Last'year no Finnish c'a5sics were entered but this
year "Yö ja päivä", the' only Finnish classic entered; won top honors.
• '• Although the adjudication is done on thebasis of the performance
and the content of the play is nottaken into consideration, it is öb-
^^^bus that the Drama Festivalswill play an even more important role .
in our cultural worki if plays are chosen with audience appeal in mind.
(Past experiences seems to indicate that the most popular plays are the
dassics of the last century' with folkrplays "ninning aclose secondi • '
" - V -Experience has also shown that the younger generation jcan n\asr;
ijer^these plays and the ;language'difficulties;:prwidingpreparatio
are.startedin good time. , .-,
'• •'• HoTveverj the qiiestion of EngHsh plays should not be rejedt!^edj*äs;
there are many young'people in'-our clubs: whb either cannot \^'eak'.
Finnish or c^bnot speaik it.well enough to learn the Iines. ,But bere
:too>-more emphasis should be placed on the dioice of jplaysr-J^Astthe;
Drama Festival has now become a^permanent annuaV affair, it >m L
b(j'a good idea to start4ookingaround[ for g^
the.interest is high so^that the choice of plays and-direGtorscoujd be.:
discussed atclub meetingsand:the wholethingcouldbeconiecplkctive
effort. If preparations can be started will in advance it will mean that' •
there will be a^choice of people fof different paits and the' director
vrill not face the problem of havihg to "bug" someon^vyho is not an-^^
xious in taking pa;t.
^^^^^^^^^^ i^^^^ term planning wll make' it' possible to have möre ehi- '
ries in the festival and will also: lead to regional elhnination iestivals;:
thfe vrinners ofwhich would be entered in the central festival.
c: J>fow that we have firoilyestablished this important cultural'festival
wemust strive to rmprove it in every way. The best way to do
it'is to start preparations muchearlierthan has been the habitjpre^
ferably in the early fall when fäll activifies start. around the halls.
^ Smaller centres have persistently shied away from the festivals,
although, vjrhenthey have been?entered their performances haye been
well received and on numerous: occasions they have won individual ^
• a\vards. It is to be. hoped. that next year a number of the smaller^
cetitres will be entered. •
? In the final instance we must' always keep in mind that it is im'^
portant to strive to winy because after ali that is the purpose of com-petition;
but on the other hMä |
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