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No words can add to their fame, nor so long as gratitude holds a place in men's hearts can our forgetfulness be suffered to detract from their renown. For as the war dwarfed by its magnitude all contests of the past, so the wonder of human resource, the splendour of human heroism, reached a height never witnessed before. -- Arthur Meighen, prime minister of Canada

Today Canada mourns its war dead

There can be no one left on the active staff or faculty at UW who served during the World Wars, although there are certainly retired professors and staff members among us who bore arms. And still on campus are some whose youthful memories include the bravery of the home front, the furor of the Blitz, even in a few cases the horrors of the Nazi camps. For their sake, and for the sake of those who are no longer among us, we remember.

Two ceremonies on campus will mark Remembrance Day. A service begins at 10:45 a.m. at the Chapel of St. Bede at Renison College, with music, prayers and a speaker (Michael Higgins, president of St. Jerome's University). A ceremony in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall begins at 11 a.m., organized by the Engineering Society.

In ceremonies this morning at the Cenotaph in downtown Waterloo, Martin Van Nierop, director of information and public affairs, will place a wreath on behalf of the university.

Recalling a basketball triumph

Don McCrae, now retired as UW's basketball coach, has some reminiscences of that year in the fans' Gold & Black newsletter. Here's what he says:

Let me give you some statistics and see what you think. Won/lost record: 33-4 (undefeated in league and exhibition in Canada; 6-4 against American schools). Winning margin: 90 points for, 69 against -- averaging single digit turnovers. Individual awards: two first team All Canadians and one second team All Canadian. These statistics today would be held in the highest esteem as this team could play power, fast break, defend -- and best of all -- play the game "pure". . . .

The 1974-75 season was extremely bitter-sweet. The highs and lows were extreme. The low, of course, was the death of Mike Moser at Christmas of this magical season. During our trip to Florida to play four American teams (two Division One schools), Mike passed away in hospital. Naturally, this was a terrible shock to all of us and also to the basketball community at large. Mike's vision, enthusiasm, skill and relentless competitiveness were known cross country and respected. At least four awards, bursaries and/or trophies were formed to commemorate this great student athlete. This number includes the coveted CIAU player-of-the-year award which was created posthumously.

Mike's scoring prowess still is reflected in Warrior records [most points per season (979), highest average per season (28 avg)]. Although he played only 15 of our 37 games, he was the fourth highest point producer for the season (372 points). It is my belief that this team would have overshadowed the league and national championship had Mike been playing. He was certainly there in spirit as this team closed ranks and reeled off eighteen straight wins to finish the season.

This team was basically made up of two units: a very polished lead group and a youthful back up group (The Black Squad). The Black Squad team's cohesiveness played a significant role in the club's ability to stay positive.

Naturally, the final games often are remembered most vividly and this season would be no exception. The nationals were held at Waterloo (too bad for our opponents) and the gym was so packed that the upper windows and curtains were pulled back to handle the overflow. Rumour has it 6,000+, but don't tell the fire marshal. In the semi-final, St. Mary's stalled for 10 minutes, holding 6,000 fans on their feet clapping. It was eerie! A St. Mary's error . . . Waterloo ball . . . first touch . . . first score . . . the place goes crazy! Half time: Waterloo 24, St. Mary's 7. Game end: 72-47. Weird and emotional would be the title for that game.

A strong Manitoba team with three national team members then met the Warriors in the final. For the first time since Christmas we trailed late in the game. Five minutes to go and we were down by eight. With only four seconds remaining, we were up one! National Champs!

It was a fine affair, but . . . -- from a release by the UW news bureau

Tara MacDonald, of Queen's, a former graduate student at UW, and Michael Ross, of UW, compared predictions that lovers made about their own dating relationships with those made by their parents and roommates.

The findings will appear in this month's issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, published at the University of Iowa and edited by Jerry Suls, a UI professor of psychology.

The researchers contacted participants six months and one year after they were first interviewed for the study and asked if they were still dating the same partner. This allowed MacDonald and Ross to examine how long the relationships lasted as compared with how long the lovers, roommates and parents predicted the matches would endure.

The authors found the lovers were more optimistic that their new dating relationships would last than were their roommates and parents, but that the lovers' predictions were not more accurate than those of their parents or roommates. In fact, the roommates' estimates of relationship longevity tended to be the most accurate.

MacDonald and Ross suggest that roommates' tendencies to assess whether it would be possible for the lovers to find another suitable romantic partner and their judgments about the future of the relationships may give them an advantage when making predictions about relationship longevity.

News from other campuses

A partnership between Simon Fraser University and the Secwepemc Nation is celebrated in a new book titled Coyote U, described as "an anthology of stories and teachings from the Secwepemc Education Institute" and as evidence that "native-run and administered post-secondary institutions can overcome the harsh legacy of church and government-run residential schools". Says George Nicholas, a faculty member at the Kamloops-based institute: "Our aim was to put together a collection that would capture some of the key aspects of the Shuswap experience and yet have the intrinsic interest and merit to attract both native and non-native readers."

McGill University has told the Québec ministry of education that it needs more money -- something like $80 million more a year. "To bring the entire Quebec university network up to snuff would cost $500 million, the McGill Reporter says in summarizing a brief to education minister François Legault. "In a graph accompanying its submission, McGill demonstrates that it receives from Quebec less than $10,000 per full-time student. The University of Toronto has about $14,000 in provincial funding per full-time student, while Queen's receives about $17,000." The province should reward universities like McGill when they manage to raise private money, the brief says, rather than assuming that they must be "rich" without government support.

The University of Guelph has taken a controversial decision to sell its 900-acre Cruickston property, on the edge of Cambridge. It was given to the university in 1968, and is leased out for farmland. "The intention of the gift -- to advance teaching and research in agriculture -- is not being served," a statement from Guelph's board of governors says. The plan is to sell the land as a development site, not purely as "an aggregate deposit", officials said, although it's a promising location for a major gravel quarry.

Volunteers wanted Opportunities from the local Volunteer Action Centre this week include helpers for the World AIDS Day marathon on December 1 ("track laps and times and serve refreshments"); ski instructors to help young people with "special needs"; and someone to lead a model train club at Sunnyside Home. For more information, the VAC can be reached at 742-8610.

What's happening on this campus

The senate graduate council will meet at 1:30 p.m. in Needles Hall room 3001.

The Arriscraft Lecture Series in the school of architecture continues tonight with a talk by Brigitte Shim of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects in Toronto, an award-winning firm described as "a small architectural practice that believes that the full integration of furniture, architecture and landscape is crucial to the creation of a richer and more complete world". Her talk starts at 7 p.m. in the "green room" of Environmental Studies II.

The registrar's office says it will start tomorrow mailing winter term schedules and fee statements to off-campus co-op students, part-time students and independent studies student. Full-time undergraduates, except those in IS, who are on campus this term can pick up their documents starting Monday.

Health services sends a reminder that flu shots will be available at a clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow.

CAR

Editor of the Daily Bulletin: Chris Redmond
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