Vapaus, May 24, 1956

              TÄTij Spring and Fishing
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evästä
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eväistä huokij
kuuluu oteviil
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liitä, että meQBi
a'Tallinaan li. I
uitenkin tätrj
ää .kuuntehiä''!
sa Neuvostoa.
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työläiset raiet
t' tehtaan äb-onka
avulla he
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ilometrin jeSi.
usta.
ty pyramildifr
-muotoraudasti
Teleskooiut m
kiinnitettyflm
än putkeen AD
sinen vllsiek;
Sen korketis a
Rungon lv-ton
20 m.
1 Ja laskemina
an: avulla,
/si, minkä
y putken"
iin Ja tc
>utken kohotai
itaan aseiimt
evmahdollisäsl
korkeuttajj)!
)aan ' ascntoccl
n.
sosialide*!
itettu^
pestin radioi
a,: joka pidtt-pungissa
jär-tkokouksess^
/äenpuoluea
ään henkii
desta.
lerrellä kaii
a, hän sanoL
syvästi vall­i
a erity]sesii
!lvoIlisunteä
tään sellaistr
i e n salajd»'
lä.
en, että kait­ut
'sosiaIid^
ettu.
The ice has finaUy left l a k e s a n d r i v ew i n N o r t h r a Öntsolö jna
jfishiDg, an everpppuJar sport i n Ontario, i s attiäcting coiintless num-
1 bers of experieneced and novice fishennen to lakes a n d stsvams.
The nxore faardyvariety of fishennen « e r e not t o be daunted
by frozen lakes andstreams and s n o v i n the « o o d s v h e n the spedded
trout season opened. In the Sudbnry district alone bundxeds of
Iishermen jouraeyed miies through the wood$ knee deep i n sndw to
their favorite speckled trout haunts, o n l y to f i n d the lakes s t i l l frozen.
Tbis of course d i d not stop them. With the a i d of l o n g poles many:
of them ventured out onto the t h i n Ice anff chopped hojes to fish
J through . Unfortunatdy, i n most cascs their zeal d i d not pay off and
jthey eame home. t i r e d w i t h empty creels. However. n6w that t h e i ce
l i s g o n e many fishennen have reported f i n e c a t d i e s o f these sitcculent
Ifish-
The difficulUes of reaching good speckled trout areas i n Northern
jOntario have restricted this sport to mainly the more hardy iaud ardent
I fishennen. Speckled trout ftshing is, however. popular i n Southern
lontario where numerous streams are easily accessible although the
jfish are not found to be as numerous. • - ^
In Southern Ontario the pickerel season opened on the 12th o f
I May and througout Ontario the season opens today. No fislierman
j \vants to miss out on the excitement of pickerel fishing at the first
|of the season. Even novice heeding a litUe advice can go out and
Icatch his l i m i t i n a matter of hours.
Perhaps this i s the reason that a l i popular pickerel spoti are
Iteeming with fishermen at the early part of the season. Boats and
jmotors at most rentäl places are booked Weil i n advance so thefe is
IlittJe possibility of r e n t i n g a boat i f one is not on the move early ö r
Imakesarrangements i n advance.
Our experience has been that pickerel bite best i n the evenihg
Iin the hours before dark and i f a good pickerel "hole'' can be fouhd
it is only a matter of an hour o r so when the legal l i m i t of six lias
(been caught
Many sports fishermen prefer to use various lures tö give the
Ifish a sporting ctiance and for those who enjoy casting and have good
lequipment i t can be a l o t of f un. But for a person whö is out for the
tweekend and may not be able to get out again for vireeks^^and i s i n -
|terested i n catclilng his limit, l i v e nunnows cannot be beat
Live minnovvs can eithpr be purchase<l or caught with the aid
lof a minnow trap pr seine. But i f you want to be sure of baving
|imnnows'it i s wise to buy at least a dozen.
In using minnows, one must remembe':^ that there are certain
restrictions in force. One of the m a i n ones i s that live minhows
tnust not be released i n a lake o r stream other than where they are
[caught in. Generally i t i s a wise policy and w i l l possibly avoid dif-ficulties,
i f the minnows are purchased or caught at the lake or r i v er
jwhere you intend to fish. Use of minnovs is restricted i n soine lakes.
After the proper bait has been secured the next move i s to f i n d
pickerel " h o l e " , . D u r i n g the early part of the season pickerel seem
|to prefer fast moving waters and the best bet i s generally below a rä-
-pid or i n the back eddy of a s w i f t - , .
Our experience has been that the vvater should be doise to twenty
^eet deep and that the fish feed near-the bottom. Thereföre the
bait must be dropped near the bottom. The best way to/determine
ihe depth is to feed out yöur l i n e until the s i n k e r h i t s the bottom and '
ihen raise i t a foot or so, Keep your fingers crossed and hope^you
[lon't snag bottom i n the process. Then a l i you have to do is to start
aulling up fish.
A bit of advice on baiting the hook might be i n orden The es-
^ential thing to keep i n mind u i t h ' minnows is that they work best t
vhen they are kept alivc. That-is why they must be t r a n s p o r t ^ in
pail and i n hot weather even a bit of. ice w i l l , help^ keep.them.-aliive.r
have found that putting the liook through near the back end .of the
[iinnow is the most successful way of keeping them alive on the.hook.
When f i s h i n g f r om a boat, especially a small one-a numbero&pre- .
l:autions should be taken and one of the.most important o n e s i s that
[t anding and ca&ting f r om a standing' position should be strictly; for> •
bidden i n the interest of safety. Losing yQur balance can easily. mean
tapsizing the boat and even i f the weather is warm, the water is s t i ll
pold and such an accident can. result i n serious consequences. >•
Fishing is a sport that most people try at some time or another
and i f y ou are a novice and haven't experienced the joysj of fishing, ;
ve would certainly reeommend that you try pickerel fishing first and
k this time of the year. We are certain that you yrill be back at i t
lext year and year after year.
ultural Cömpetitiöns
•art of Youth Festival
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mukaan ta*_
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Ethin maabs
Joonaa talc»i
r.5 miljoona'
ja- Anhuä
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[in planning to make the forth-iming
Festival, June 30—July 1,
Isuccess, the Cultural Committee
the Festival is asking the assis-ice
of the various pärticipating
|ganizations.
i F i r s t l y , there are the arts com-
Ititions, i n two categories, "Essays
[lort Stories, Poems", and "Paint-is
and Drawings".
|ln the first category; the general
|pic will be "Canada — Yesterday,
bday, Tomorrovv". Essays should
exceed 450 .words, while short
ories should be of no more than
pOO words. ,
junder "Paintings and Drawings",
le general topic is the same, and
itries may be iri o i l paints, water
Hors, or charcoal drawings; ,
I Cash awards to f i r s t and second
lace winners w i l l be given. A H
^trants should have their entries
by June 15, and maximum age
|r entrants iS 30 years old. ; ' /
[In the group cultural compieti-pns,
there are two categories,
»ong Groups" and "Dance
roups".
[in the song competition entries
pU be smalF song: groups, but not
boirs, which • shall prepare two
pngs, without regard to the lan-;
Eiage i n whlch they v i i i be sung.
[roups v n l l b e judged for their
pging, inferpretatiön and quality
T tone.
\ Groups participating:will prepare
he dance of no. nrnre thaUvlO.
pinutes i n length. Entries v i i i : be
»dged for t h e i r technique, fonn,
jaging, costunung and general
l-esentation. Gold-lettered sflk
pnners :WU1 again be g i v en first
id second' place winners..in the
^ng and dance competitions.
! E n t r i e s should be mailed into
le Festival Office, b y not later than
tne 15.
iOnce again, there w i l l be a Grand
oncert during the Festival, to be
eid Saturday evening,- 7—10 muna­an
outdoor stage. The Cultural
ammittee invites aB gnrai» to sug-numbers
that they wonld.like
perform for the concert, by nö
er than June 10. The Connniitee
reserves the right to dedder
which groups will be chosen, for
the concert, basing itself on factors
l i k e time, variety and local repre-sentation.
Yom* organization*s participation
of a l i organizations i n the cultural
and arts competitions, anä i n the
concert, w i l l help the FestUjal re-flect
many aspects of Canadian
culture, and w i l l undöubtedly ^help
make the Festival a greatsuccess.
Sun Täns Caii; Be
Bought In Pill Fonn
W e i l , wen, just v h e n a ' f e l l ow
thinks he c an take - a l i thie queer
goings on i n the field of drogs,
along comes something so strange
he i s knocked off stride again.
This is a p i l l that gives you a
quick sun tan, It bas been deve-loped
i n Portland, .Oregon; called
8-MOP. A perfton swallow8 the d r ug
ezposes himself to the sun, and in
hardly a n y time at a l i he has a
tan equal to that obtained by days
and days of ordinary exposure.
Of course there i s a tcmporary
d r a v l ^ c k to the deaL The drag
can be obtained only by presdTip-tibn
^ d i t » general use i s not-yet
recosomended; An overdose «can
give a dangeroos burn.
Ptpviding the d n i g is.made com-parätively
safe, and i s a l l o w ^ out
ön the open m a r k e i a b i g problem
vm be posed. How are we going
to t ä i the regnlar visitors to F l o r i da
f r om the veek-enders «ben they
c o n ^ back i n the ivinter time?;
'' . •
T A N D EM
RuXb Tode on my motor bike.
-OirectJy bac4c of me.
I bit a bump at stxty-five.
And rode o n ruth-less-ly.
' BOUTINE
*That's'the fbird time Tve «ecn
laiat d v U servant.at tbe buffet; to.^
nigbt,"
' "Ob, wen, hCs pn(b3b'y föling tois
fOnn In tr^plicate."- •
Everybody Wili Be
Celebrating Jehu's
35th Anniyersary
Last minute arrangements are
being completed at Beaver Lake
f o r the forthcoming events next
Sunday. The crosscountry meet of
course w i l l start the b a l l r o l l i n g at
I I a.m. The event is four kilo-metres
for -i both open and under
18 dasses and is a F . C A . S . F . cham-pionship
event
Crosscountry running: has been
dormant f o r some years due to lack
of interest and competitors. How-ever,
now that the boys are again
beginning t o show interest i n run­ning,
Jehu decided to b i d for the
championships this year. As sojtn'
as permission was granted. the
members went into a buddle and
it was decided to r u n the raco- on
the same track where many tough
competitions took place i n bygone
years. The t r a i l is ali d e a r e d now
and i n good shape, so everyone is
looking fonvard to a really göo.d
race.
Of course, the biggest attraction
of, the weekend. w i l l be Sunday
evening when Jehu A C . is cele­brating
i t s S S t h anniversary. No-bödy
w i l l want to.miss the excellent
variety program which has been
arranged including songs, gymnas-tics,
music, dances etc.
Charter members w i U b e honored
w i t h small tokens of appreciation
for their initiative i n organizing the
club and for fine work performed
throughout the years.
So, lets: launcb our newest "ve-teran*'
on another successful' 35
year. — Jehuite.
Broad Scope of Activities
OFfered Yritys Membership
Speed Executive
Members Elecfed
Whitefish. ~ ^ 0 n May 13th. we
held our annual .meeting at which
we had oUr ^election of 'officers:
The execuitve of the Speed Athletic
Club is as folIows: chairman, Karl
Palomäki; Secretary, Joyce Luja-nen;
treasurer,' Tauno Saari; mem­bership
Secretary, Gertie Kitts;
sports director, Gerry Kitts; sports
reporter, Velma Etula. Jorma P a ­lomäki
j a Toimi Saari are spare
members on the executive.
' A t the annual meeting i t was
decided that we bold a track meet
on the 24th of June. We hope
to see a lot of sports enthusiasts
there. We also decided to have
a dance at the Whitefish Hali on
the 7th. o f J u l y . Everyone is wel-come.
T h a f s a l i for this time.
— V A E .
Toronto. — The 1956 Executive
committee of the? Y r i t y s Athletic
Club has spent a great deal of time
i n jexamining possibilities o^^^broad-ening
out the. club*s programme o f
activities. V Recently a letter has
been distributed to the member­ship
announcing some of -the
changes that have been made. As
the letter may be. of interest to
other clubs as well; it has been
submitted to Club News for publir
cation. The following letter is ad-di*
essed to a l i Y r i t y s members and
IS signed by club chairman George
Gustafson:
For some.; time now we hpve not
seen you around, and your • name
has been absent from the Club's
"Paid-up" membership^ roster. We
know that the reasons for ihis. ?re^
your own, and we are sure .they
are ali very good reasons, but;we
wou!d l i k e . t o teli you of our plans
(some oC which are aiready i n ope.-
ratjon) and we hope that after you
have seen them, you w i l l be a;'ound
a little more often.
Your new Executive Committee
has analysed and. discussed the
Club's activities over the past de-cade,
with pros and cons, but onö
thing we; have ali agreed upon;
Obviously, for a good many. years
now, the programme of • the vClub
has not been broad enough to pro-vide
a continuity of activities -for
a l i age limits. . Primarily, our-; i n -
terests. were centered around gym-nastics
and track and field. Lately,
there has been no definite action
to provide d a s s e s for people from
twenty-fivc to thirty-five, j ust, for
the "sake of keeping fjt. Neither
was' there any plans- for: t l i e n o n -
athletic group or the junior mem­bers.
There are many other
examples of this sort of thing,- but
we think you get the idea.
The course of action for the Exe­cutive
: Commjttee was plain and
simple — to set up these activifies:
on a regular basisi This required
the re-organization of the entire
activities structure of the C l u b ..
FIrstly, i n or^er to raise the
quality of our - gymnaslics and
sports programme, a full time
professional-type director w i l l be
secured, once f inancing problems
arc ironed out. -Classes are
planncd to aIlow participation in
gymnastics for those who can
only coroe at irregular intervals
or cannot attend classes at the
present time. Sunday morning: is
to be utilized again.
Secondly, the nucleus of a Dra-matic
Group has been se|^ intö
motion with Henry Huhtanen as
Organizer. The controverslal play
*Vom Yesterday*! (same as the
•atm) wilL be used as a veUde
toT classes i n the diffcrent phases
of -tbeatrical acting «nd prodac»
•tion. Rights are being d e a r ed
for possible presentation tUs f a l i
/or next spring. I t Is hoped that
many of our past members will
express themselves through this
new field of activity.
Thirdly, a field that has long
- been neglected has been attacked
with immediate results. Classes
J n Arts and Craf ts were inaugu*
i rated recently, where the yonnger
members could express their ta*
lents through the medium of a
paint brush; crayons, paper, scls^
sors and glue, and sculpturing. It
W9S an unquallfled success from
the start with much interest and
enthusiasm f r om the older mem­bers,
SO much so» that we are
vthlnking of enlarging this pro»
gramme (o include a l i ages. This
is regular Saturday aftemoon
party at the HaU.
Lastly, even our regular month-
; l y meetings are n o longer the
long drawn out affairs they used
to be. Potnts of business are
made as brief as possible- depend*
ing on the subject matter. Enter-taining
films now have the top
place on our agenda. A usual
meeting would have one or two
"shorts"^ starting at about 810
p.m. followed .by a short period
devoted to discusslon of o u r club
affairs. Kefreshments are avall-able
at ali times^ The evening Is
filled out by more films or enter*
täinment. The flelds that can be
broarbed through' the medium of
the motion picture is limltless
and we sincerely hope our mem-bj^
rship avalls itselC of this op.,
pbrtunity. Remember too, that
theiie meetings are not restricted
to 'members only; everybody is
weIcome to attend.'
are not faced wlth the pro-bWiÄ^<
rf W'fre'r^'to"carry ori these
activities, we have the facilities and
a con'crete> programme. What we
nccd'^ow is more Jnterested people
who have a genuine desire to better
themselves. This, we believe, could
be yöu.
Spare us a few minutes of your
time and. think about i t Your
suppoi^ and 'participation w i l l be
very rewarding to yourself and to
the community as w e l l as guaran-tceing
the success of these j^lans.
Why don't you drop up sometimes
and get a hold of A I lUbury and
teli him that you wish to pay up
your dues or to become a new mem-ber
— just to get the ball rolling.
Bring a f r i e n d along too.
A "Sport" Looks at Sports
By B O B W A RD
We've had a number of enquiries
as to the possibility of dealing with
sports. This, of coursej raised the
immediate. question as to whether
this enquiry meant sports or
"sports'*. However, we have check-ed
personally ivith those who raised
the question and they said "look
here, 'sport', we meant .sports."
A n d you couIdn*t hardly w a n t i t
any plainer than that
We considered i t mightn't be
amiss i f we gave a'; general run-down
on various types of sports.
This, we thought would be helpful
to "sports" like ourselves wbo like
to indulge i n athletics from a dis-tance
— a good distance/
So here goes:
R U G G E E
This game is becoming quite po­pular
i n Canada. V J t i s ;a, game
which people play whowant to get
even with someone who is on the
opposite team- Everyone gets into
what is called a scrimmage. This
consists of putting' arms around
shoulders and l i n i n g u p opposite
the person you don't like.
The referee throws the ball into
the Centre of the two Jeams and
inunediately runs: for the nearest
bomb shelter. Then everyone kicks
ttie shins of the personopposite
them (sometimes the one next to
you i f i t SO happens it's a > person
on your own team you want to
get even with). Tbis k i c k i n g goes
on' until everyone' is wäU bruised
up and several.legs are broken.
Then someone acddentally kicks
the ball out of the scrimmage.
Grabbing the ball at any time
after it gets out of the scrimmage
Is something "done only by those
who are suidde prone. Coz i f you
do everyone (including spectatort;)
pites on the person who grabs ihe
ball. Often t h e ball gets broken
during one of these pile-ups; but
the game goes on anyway as the
ball In this game is seemingly only
an excuse, anyway;
This game i s only; recommended
for those w h o d a i m they want to
get a " k i c k " out of sports.
G O L F
Tliis is .one of the", silliest ^^ameö
i n that i t consists of trying:to bit
a Very small ball with an assort-ment
of clubs. When you finally
succeed. i n h i t t i n g the ball yöu walk
after i t Then you t ry to h it
it again; and then walk. after it
again.
The basic idea of the game seems
to be to get this little ball into a
rather small holc which 'is situatcd
on' what is called a "green"'.
To further complicate things the
people who build golf courses con-struct
traps, sandpits, and other
impediments/ V including streams,
ponds and trees.
Some golfers spend aH of their
time i n tfae.se "traps". You can see
them on any golf course wa'/ing
their motleyassortment of clubs at
this wee ball and' using. language
which anything-other than a golf
ball v/ould resent
There are 18 of these "'holes"
that golfers have to t r y to get the
wee bait into. In the course of
this effort it has bee/i estimatcd
that enough turf is blasted out of
the sround to sod the Sahara
Desert-'
The most popular spot on a golf
course -is the 19tb bole. Here no
one attemps to get the wee ball
into a hole; Instead they: a l i sit
around with tali, cool ^glasses of
something and rest t h e i r tjred feet.
This leads non-golfei^ to wond^r
wby they -don't just play the Iflth
:lM>le a l i the time. We feel sure
many, many more Citizen^;;' ^ o i U d
take up golf i f this change in rules
took place;
BOVVLING
We recently got talked into bowl-ing.
'^Anyöne can bowr, we were
blithely" told by the arm-twisler.
BowIing consists of throwing a
"bovvl", which is, contrary to what
some might think, a round ball, and
not something to put on the child-ren's
head f o r haircutting.
The bowl is thrown down an alley
and the: general Idea is to knock
over five pins which are several
miies away. Each pin counts so
many points (consult your nearest
Bovvling A l l e y ) ; but there is one
pin v/hich, i f left standing, means
you don't' count anything. This
pin seemed-to be nailed, glued, or
:othL'rwise held rigidly in place and
thia makes-.things rather rough.
One thing which we might clear
up IS t h a t you do not count any­thing
f o r knocking the p i n boy
over.
If one is able to knock over ali
the pins yOu have a strike on your
hands. Vfe discovered that we
seemingly have a hangover from
the war years and s t i l l maintain a
"no strike" policy.
Contrary to golf the bovls are
relu rned to you instead of your
h a v i n g t ö g ö after them. If this
wasn*t jBp we predict the game
would immediately lose popularity.
Our appearance a t a bowling alley
led one wag to remark that "this
would set J x m l i n g back 10 pears."
To those. o f our members who are
bownng:'enthusiasts we apologize.
We promise tliat we won't do it
And i o sportsmen generally, to
whom .this column Is dedicated, we
prom:se- that we won't do this
again eitti^r. r- New8.
Reasonable Living
Requires $105
A good" many Chicago famiUes
"just ain't l i v i n g ."
That'swhat might be concluded
from recent cost^iMlving sunieys
by the HeUer CJommittee of the
University of Califomia and by the
A F L - C I O — compared with I l l i n o is
Department of Labor flgures show-ing
that a great many famllies i n
this State have camings of' less
than $105 a week.
Both the Heller Committee and
the AFI>CIO said $105 a week, was
the minimum for a ''reasonable
l i v i n g standard."
Th& AFL-CIO studied the U.S.
Department of Labor*? "adequate"
family i}udget, requiring $iB5 a
Week, based on 1955 standards.
This budget however,caU[s for less
than one cgg per; day :for each
member of the family, one^bottle
of beer per Week for the family,
"5<ent ice cream cones" a week
and they don't hardly come that
way no more.
Torstaina^ foukok 74 p.-- Thvxsäay, May 24,1956
Taught In O u r Schools?
FAIRY TALE
Father: "Son I nevcr klssed a gU:l
before I met your mothcr.:Wl"l you bo
able to say the same thing to your
•son."
Son: "Sure but not with auch a
stralght face."
The w o r d "labor" can't be found
i n the index of the history text,
" B u i l d i n g the Canadian Nation"
used i n many high schools across
the c o u n t r y . ' T h i s is true of most
history texts.
History. as taught i n our schools
is regarded as the work of "great
men." It i s true that "great men"
weie important to Canada. The
Fathers of' Confederation were
great men and expressed the de-sires
of the' majority of Canadians
:whenthexte8tabUshe<l a Canadian
state.^ One of thehr holdest accomp-lishments
was. building the Cana-dian
Pacific Railroad. Yet how far
would the C P R have jeached with-out
the arduous toil of workers,
mosUy immigrants, whose labor
made the dream a reality?
This is true of a l i the great vdrks
that made Canadan modem.-^hlghly
industrialized country. Our "facto*
ries, power :development8, roads,;
canals;! g r e a t c i t i e s . were built and
operatcd by Canadian workers.
When vorkers are 1)rought together
for mutual work, they form organ­izations
to defend their common
interests. Throughout Cajnadian
history, these organizations played
their part i n Canadian life.
The beginnlngs of Canada's labor
movement were very small becauso
large-scale productfon didn't de>
velop until the end of the lOth
century. The' first record of a
Canadian union was the Typogra*
phical Union of the early 1830*8,
For a l o n g time, the ohly unloniz-ed
worker8 were In skllled- tradcs,
printers,carpenterSttailors, Stone-cutters,
shlpwrights and others.'At
first they extstcd on a local hasis,
much' influenced by growing trado
union movements in England and
the United States.
History was made In Toronto by
the printer's strike of 1872. - T i i i r -
. ...,.„..,-,.._.,,. , ^s^^m.
teen unions participated i n n | » r ^ [\
of 2,000 persons supportiog pilMr^f
ere* demands. mainly for the nliui^ i
hour day, and It culminated lfrv>i^!!;
meeting of 10,000 i n Queen'» JParfcV
Authorities arrested 24 strike lea(|> "
ers. As a result of" the uproar» '
caused by this, the Macdonald go- ' .
vemment was forced to e n a c t l e ^
lation recognizing the l e g a l ' ' ä i j^ j
tence of trade unions. A - i v e l l ^ ,:
edlted new8paper. The O n t ^ b J
Workman. came into ' being^^änd
the way was paved for federation
of Canadian unions. The'C:4nadl|tEi#'|
Labor Union, formed i n 1672 Dras
the first attempt to unite unfons.j:;
The majority of workers'in'masS'^ -
Production Industries were not^^dr- ' i
ganlzed until the second worId'war, v
whenmighty Industrial unions W9re. r
formed.' Today, they have finally^ -
been united with their'older:er|9|ft -
unions i n the Canadian Läbor Con-, >
Most young people go thnnigb
School notrealizing the labbr mdvi^ '
ment has been part of Ca^adial»^,
history. A minor; excej>tion;'i9< a
course given i n ' technical schbols '
in Toronto. It doesn't'deiil w l & ?
union history or the meaning~'^f
strikcs, but gives Information'ött/;
how unions function. ' > iui'^>,
Anyone who wants ' to increase. l'
his understanding of labor h i s t o r y'
could bcgin by reading A U M y 12te, ^'
by Rev. A . E , Smith, \vhich deals
with important episodes In the Iit» /
'bor movement, induding the' Wfn»^ /
nipng Ceneral Strike.' , A textrbook'
on Canadian unions is available-iA -
tnost libraries. Trade U n l o h s l n . C t k ,
n o d a . b y H . A , Logan. ' \ ' \ ' ; :
. Perhops .bccause 'there i s how^
mergcd labor federation In CänadäV
there w i l l begin to* be some preij^ >
sure on school boards to Include
this aspect of o u r l i v c s i n ^ history >
texts and courses. "
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iii
ALARMING STATE OF HKAimi « f
'• te Could You Pass This TeM
If you're a white collar worker,
or to put i t i n a high dass phrase,
a "young executlve*^ chances are
you*re really a crock, physlcally that
is.
At least thal*s what a, recent
Sports College survey has discover­ed.
The probe was inspired by a
report in a U;S. magazine that the
fitness of the avcragc "young exe­cutive"
w a s s o l o w as to make hIm;
"unable to stand the added pres-sures
and responsibilities of his
promotion." '
1Iere'show Sports College News
— a fine little magazine you can
get for $2,00 ayeär, Box 09, Toronto
— reports its Investlgatlon. And i t
wouId secfm applicable* \ to: almost
anyone doing a desk Job:with long
hours:
Sports College decided to t^st a
representativc group of young cxe-cutives
in the 30 to 40 age bracket
to d e t e r m i n e i f their hear^respira-tory
fitness was sufficlent to with-stand
the stress of heavjr: pressuro
and responsibility. The results were
starilmg.
Only five of the 49 participants
were able to pass. The test used
was the Harvard Step Test (Karpo-vich
method) in which the subject
steps up and down off a 20 Inch
platform at a ratc of 24 steps per
minute. It is scored by taking the
hcart rate for one minute foIlowing
two minutes of exercise. A pass
is made when the heart rate is less
than 100.
This test considered by most fit­ness
authorities to be sound method
of measuring heart-respiratory fit­ness,
Avas used only i n its mini-tnum
application. Usually i l is con-tinued
for five minutes, with scor-ing
rates figured by the heart rate
taken for one minute after t he
participant stops the exercise,
Only the minimum time (two
minutes) was used because previou»
testing had indlcated that the aver-age
person could not continue past
the two minute mark mithout con*
siderable discomfort.
Forty-nine young' business exe^
cutives from 31 t o 37 (average
34</i) participated. The only quall-fication
wa8 that each had to have
a medical clearance to exercise
vigoroubly.
The average height of the group
was 5'S%The average wc'2ht
f/as 174 ibs t«nly one of tne group
admitted to taking regujar exeicise
(he passed); 17 said they took oc-casional
exercise (odd game of golf,
bowling etc.)', 29 admitted to being
a little scared of exercise and t i i ed
to avoid stairs, running for. streei-cars
o r anything more vigorous than
normal. Of 49,34 were ovenvei^bt
The hea viest was 29 pounds over-v/
eigbt; the average w a s l l Ibs,
Porty o i the 49 were8mokers <31
dgarettes, three dgars and six
pipes). Seven admitted to being
heavy smokers (more than 20 ci^
garettes per day).
Of the five who passed, twcwere
non-smokers. one took regular ex­ercise
(he had the 'best score of
87), and a l i five were less than 10
ibs. ovArwelght; The heavie^t man
(29 Ibs.ovenveight); had the second
worst score (130).: The wor8t score
was made by a heavy smoker who
tvas 22 Ibs. overweight (132).
I f this group can be considered
represenattive of the average young
Canadian business executive, the
odds are that he cannot pass a
minimum heart-respiratory,! fitness
test. The reasons appear to be,
i n order of their Iniportanco:^
1. Excess wcight
2. Over-smoklng. v
3. Lack of regular exercise.
It is interestlng i o note that 36
of the 49 admitted to being .wor-r
i ed about their laek of pep and
increasing disinclination to per-form
physicai tasks. Twenty-four
of the group said they were be-coming
"heart Gonsclou8'^ because
they got wlnded so easily.
, The test indicatcs that jtbe h e a r t '.
adju8ts itself to sedentary-UyingI \
and loses functlonal efflciei^pjr i
through lack of exercise. Whether i
a contiritied lack o t heart exercjtse
makes i t more, susceptlble'to'»<!Ub'-i
sease^is still a' matter ,ol^ medical i
conjecture, but Studies b y br«.~Han8, i
Kraus and P r . WUhelm Raab indi-''^^
cato that this might be true.' ' '
It "appears froni . t h e ' results "öf"
thl8 te^t tl|)at the top exerc|se^rior* .
i t y for young executives i s that M-^ i
volving a heart-resplratoryt.wopfef'
'Joad, Bri^k^,'wajking,\ 8tafii9r,fy|y.
t-unnmg 'or' rejsitlar ^ playti^,^. of - /
gamcs i n volving the legs-are
vitles that provld^-such exercise:^: -
The''fact that so, many of .thos^ ^ ^
partlcipatittg i r i the test werie''^exr }
orcl8e-8hy^< ihdicäte'8^that^^'V«rhäp8 -
the medical profession!, needs. to;' ;
conduct an cducational campaigti tö l
countcract,wbat appears ,tp|^b)9, a
tendency tbaVoid.öxercCBeJri/case'
it might bring on^a s e i z u s e . . 7 ' ^
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