Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Oxford is disillusioning but yanks like England by William s. Bukey Seh cent this As another London special owns disillusionment with British education among . Students is most pronounced at the ancient universities particularly Oxford. There Are 309 . Students at Oxford including 75 Rhodes scholars and 141 at Cambridge. The Oxford student publication Cherwell discovered in a poll last year that Many of Oxford s . Students were disappointed with the University. A Harvard graduate said Oxford probably was More like a . State University while a state University Man said it was academically inferior to both. The critics most of whom like living in England and Are still glad they came complain of a Lack of intellectual intensity at Oxford and say that torpid dons make Many tutorials less Lively than classes at their Sites. For some reason Cambridge seems to escape the harshest of these criticisms. Many . Undergraduates note that the strictly academic experience is less rigorous than it was at Home but most seem prepared to a Bird s smuggled into . Auckland . Spite of vigorous preventive measures the smuggling of parrots and other Birds from Australia into new zealand is Rife. Import of Birds from Australia is banned because of the danger of Psittacosis which can be transmitted by parrots and similar Birds to Man. In Man the disease resembles severe typhoid fever without its abdominal symptoms but with pulmonary disturbances resembling pneumonia. Rewards to the successful smuggler Are High. A galah a kind of Parrot can be bought in Australia for is and will fetch up to in new zealand. Recently a crate of several dozen galas was found buried just below the surface of a bulk wheat cargo in a ship from Australia. The whole wheat cargo was condemned for human con sumption. Greenland is As big As All Continental . East of the Mississippi. Dence of the More relaxed Pace of English life. Whatever the cause . Stu dents living and studying in Cam Bridge seem to take a More indulgent View of life in general. A undergraduate who was asked How he Felt about England said it s All right to live in eng land if you Don t have to live in the conditions the average eng Lishman does. The average mid dle class englishman lives in a much narrower More cramped life than his . Counterpart. In the first place he has t much Money. But even More important an american expects things to change so there s More Opportunity in America. People Here tend to like things As they Are. There s enormous Opportunity Here for top people but you have to get to the top very one . Expatriate who does live at an Ordinary English financial level is Deborah Harto Genis 26, who earns a year teaching English at the St. Ives secondary modern school in St. Ives Huntingdonshire. Out of this salary she maintains with what May be peculiarly . Optimism a two year old red sports car which she drives when Money is available for fuel. The car is a legacy from More affluent Days when she earned by teaching for a year at the Lakenheath . Air Force base. She took the St. Ives Job after deciding that military life was not for her. When she arrived by freighter in August 1961, miss Hartogensis who bears a Remote facial re semblance to Singer Edie Gor me and describes herself As basically St. Louis thought she might eventually move on to France and Japan. But now she thinks Shell stay on in England indefinitely. Why it s so far less comfortable than miss Hartogensis Are the . Citizens who arrive with the naive View that England is going to be like a rather More romantic America. Some never recover from their first Unce trally heated autumn night and others carry Home horror stories about narrow roads draconian licensing Laws primitive Telephone communication and execrable cafe food. Many of these peculiarities Are missed by the servicemen about half of whom live on the bases. There Clam chowder and hot dogs Are served regularly Dol Lars Are the Legal tender and Cen trial heating is Universal. Political changes May be Mak ing English life easier for . Citizens. A yank who has been Here for Many years noted there s a terrific difference be tween being an american in England now and 10 years ago. New Era then it was the Eisenhower and Mccarthy period. Then the English had much of their pre War self Confidence and they looked Down on americans and . Culture. Now things have changed so much that it s regarded As a sign of being up to Date to know about things changes in politics fail How Ever to alter some areas of the Anglo-. Experience. . Citi Zens of even mildly literary Bent Are perennially intrigued by the trans Atlantic All tropes of Ian Guage. I a southerner relishes the Mem Ory of an English lady who told him that account1 she could Only deduce that he was from the Little known country of Murka and that his nationality was Murk an. Timothy Houghton a Vermesh Ter who has lived in Swansea and London since his graduation from Princeton in i960, has a theory that All English voices Are invented to regale americans. If you woke an englishman in the Middle of the he con tends he d talk like an Ameri can until he realized what was going on. Something like gee Whitz what s the big and then especially if an american was in earshot of Teddi Bly Soddy old Chep nearly All americans who elect to remain in England for extended periods do so because they like England rarely do they Cort a piously reject their Homeland. I think by now i have pretty Well absorbed the British Way of life but that does not mean that i forgot for one moment that i am thoroughly declared Esther Cleveland Bosanquet daughter Jurf president Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Bosanquet 69, who mar ried a guards officer during the first world a Ikard now lives near Redcar Yorkshire added cryptically perhaps it is be the newspaper must get through even if it s summer time and your paper route is Jour Miles of Bush and water. Jimmy Seig free press Carrier boy at Dorothy Lake in the White Shell during the summer uses his Pony Amigo to deliver the Day paper to his 32 customers along a four mile route. When the land runs into the water he takes a boat to Complete his trip. Cause i am so much of an american that i have been Able to adapt myself so easily to English Richard Rose. 30, has been in England on and off since 1953. He has an English wife and is a lecturer in government at the University of Manchester he caught the spirit of a sizeable group of his countrymen by re marking people ask me which Side of the water i want to live on. I Tell them i want to have the Best of both after a pause he added and i m american enough to think it can be copyright 1963 observer foreign news service Salem Ore. A Ore gon s department of employ ment which tries to find jobs for the jobless can t pay 100 of its own employees and is Liy ing them off. Officials said the remaining 650 Are expected to take pay Sec the creative crafts exhibition now on display Eaton s Assembly 7th flow something to occupying the Assembly Hall this week displays of creative and artistic work done by Winnipeg children. Attend ing the summer playgrounds. It is exciting to see the visible expressions 6 promising Young Talent and Many Fine examples of this Are on View during the Cratt exhibit. Sponsored by the Winnipeg Board of Parks and this Dis play continues until saturday August 24tri. Eaton s new stretch elastic bras by Rose Marx in the budget lingerie for easy fit and Comfort the flexible benefits of Lycra now appear in these new stretch elastic brassieres by Rose Marx Eaton s right now wide Stretchy straps promote easy fit and Comfort and you la enjoy the Light but firm support which makes Lycra such a Favourite and they re expertly designed by Rose Marx. -3 Choice of two styles a. With Dainty Nylon lace Cupi b. With Nylon pleated cups both styles feature wide elastic straps Lycra elastic sides and a Low Back. White. Sizes a 32-361, b 32-38 and c a. 3.95 Ling Rit self serve second floor Donald St., dial Sunset 3-1115, . Eaton s lower priced stole basement no delivery Young at heart has school Wise fashions girls drip dry dresses Young at heart dresses have the Knack of looking Well and giving Good service. See these school drip dry Cotton with full gathered skirts Short sleeves detail stitching on the bodies and Novelty collars. Pretty fall shades. Sizes 4 to 6x year each 3.95 sizes 7 to 12 a pc years each clan Royal skirts Wool plaids apart from their obvious Appeal always look smart in ail around pleated skirts and keep their Good looks Cross Over straps neat fitting waistbands. Red Royal Tan or Green plaids. Sizes 3 to fix 1 pc 7 to 14 o pc years each each clan Royal slim jims boys Cotton Slacks Junior boys washable Cotton Chino Slacks. Styled with one half Boxer Waist Zipper closure three pockets. Assorted fall colours in a Check pattern in sizes 1 Sqq 7 to 12 years. Pair 7u boys sport shirts boys washable Cotton sport shirts with Long sleeves Button front one pocket and Perma stay Collar. Assorted colourful prints for Back to school. 1 "7o sizes 8 to 16 years. Each. I 7 boys to shirts boys combed Cotton Sherwood interlock to shirts. All round elastic insert in neck for permanent shape. Round Crew neck and Short sleeves. 1 1 q sizes 6 to 16 years. Each. I i boys Orion sweaters Long sleeve pullovers and sweaters of 100% Orion knits. Pullovers feature a High a neckline and solid Colour sleeves. Six Button cardigans in assorted colours. Sizes 8 to -14years. Just made for Cool fall Days Wool slim jims lined with Cotton Flannelette. Tailored with Semi Boxer waists and tapered legs. Red Royal Tan or Green. Sizes 3 to 6x 1 sires 7 14 o 95 pullovers. Each 2.95 cardigans. Each 3.95 years pair 1 pc year pair skirt and Blouse sets Plain coloured Wool pleated skirts team up with Rayon plaid blouses that have Short sleeves Button backs and sparkling White collars and cuffs demure yet tailored suitable for school opening size 4 to 6 a of 7 to 14 Csc years set 4.95 Yean set boys Cotton Slacks Good Quality Bedford Cotton Slacks with regular Waist Belt loops Zipper closure and cuffed Bottoms. Assorted Plain shades of Black Antelope or Loden Green. O ice in sizes 8 to 18 pair boys Sherwood Polo shirts combed Cotton Jersey knit shirts styled with Long sleeves Polo Collar and two Button placket front. Machine Wash Able and shrink resistant. Assorted Plain shades and stripes in sizes 6 to 14 years. 1 to girls tunic blouses Sanford Zed Cotton tunic blouses always useful to Wear with skirts and Slacks Long sleeve style with Button cuffs double pointed collars and Button fronts. White o a Only in sizes 7 to 14 years. Girls Navy Blue tunics regulation style tunics neatly tailored from Rayon and Nylon blend gabardine keep their Crisp appearance through the term. Deep pleats lined Yoke and self Belt. O sizes 7 to 14 years. Each sizes -4 to 6x. 2.77 Bulky Orion cardigans White or assorted colours in these cosy Bulky knit Orion cardigans just right for Chilly Days Long sleeves Small Collar rib knitted cuffs and Waistband and o of matched buttons. Sizes 6 to 14 years. Each lower priced store basement 910. Each lower priced store basement 932. Stretchy poodle socks special Low Price on shag finished half socks knit from assorted colours in o one size to fit from 6 to Purs knee highs Cotton knit knee High Socki with elasticized tops red Brown Navy in sizes pair boys socks Cotton and Nylon socks m fancy patterns with informed heels ind toes. 8 to 10 in assorted colours. Pair 2 pairs 75c ankle socks regular 4 Paris 69c. Children a anklets Rayon plaited Over Cotton with elasticized _ tops. Assorted colours sizes 6 to 8. O half o boys Sherwood dress socks Cotton Kroy and Nylon in sizes 8 to. And stretches in Cotton and Nylon. Midway length in fancy patterns. Navy Olive charcoal. L or Light Grey. Pair.3tff parked stare basement 901 ;