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by Bill Power
Cynicism and hypocracy are the predominant evils 'books, and opened the floor of the modern world, says for discussion. Canadian writer, Sylvia I " Working as a Journalist Fraser, and she has in- was a chance to explore many fused these themes into of my fantasies," says Fra- all her novels in unique ser. She visited many‘inter- ways. ' estinq places and many inter- ‘ The former Hamilton, esting people, but always Jburnallst spoke to about found it difficult to limit If} people at the Robertson her inpressions to the 3,000 Iflbra-IY Lecture Theater, word limit required by most Tuesday evening. She spoke ‘ magazines. about her decision to be— She found herself out of
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Prince Edward Islanders self-start and finish will have a chance to Show the race entirely un- their stuff as they put » assisted. - According to their eggs on the line in international egg racing the scramble for THE: GREAT rules, each competitor INI‘ERNATICNAL EGG RACE. may have three attempts.
The puns are practically ' endless. . . . "a contest for eggcentric inventors", put leggs on your eggs," and "get crackin' for the international competition? All of these are groaners, but all are forgiveable according to Dr. Mcncrieff Williamson, Dimetor of Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum in Charlottetown.
come a professional writer, gave readings from her
Prizes in the Great Egg Race preliminaries * and finals will go to winners in three categ— ories: Class A, for those up to and including 13 years of age; Class B, for those from 14 to 19 years of age; and Class C, which is open to all contestants.
Egg dress and decoration is optional, as is dress for carpeti— tors, says Dr. Williamson, self-declared "Chief Egghead" of the provincial carpetition. Cn a serious note, he added that it/is anticipated the egg race will be a practical scientific competition, based on the varying types of transport vehicles which will be built by creative inventors.
Confederation Centre Art Gallery has become the sponsoring body for Prince Edward Island preliminary carpetitions which will find winners travelling to the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Ontario during August of this year, for the Great International Egg Race between Canada, Britain and the United States.
The Island race will be held Saturday, March 4 in the main concourse of Confederation Centre, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Dr. Williamson said the race will put an end to scientific speculation about how ,far a raw egg can actually travel mce propelled. The issue has been 'nesting' for too ' long he said. This is the reason Confederation Centre has 'hatdned' its semi—final contest.
The aim of the cmtest is to transport an ordinary uncooked chicken egg (no less than 70 grains) over a given course by means of a vehicle which is prqaelled only by a No. 10 Viceroy rubber band. The egg must finish the course unbroken, and the egg travelling the greatest distance will be declared the winner.
Additional information and competition entrance forms are available by contacting the Chief Egg— head, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Box 848, Charlottetown, P.E.I. , ClA 7L9, telephone
I number 892—2464.
The egg's transport vehicle may be constructed of any material, and must
'_ form a Mivie Club. years past,7the Nbvie "
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work when the Star Weekly folded, and put writing a novel at the bottom of a long list of alternatives. However, in the end this urge won out.
The result: "Pandora," is centered on her exper iences in grade school in the years following the war. , " Childhood," she ins- ' sts , " {is not as innocent as it is often made out to be."
Her novel deals with the polities of the playground.
"There is the same intense jockying for position in a game of red—rover as there is in an board ro- OIn. ll
language in the novel is deceptively simple, since a child can be very and perceptive, yet lack the vocabulary to convey these impressions. I
" Children will have so- phisticated insights, _but
I will not have the words to
express them. " ,
The book, " a domestic lords of the flies," was recieved
The book," a, domestic Lord of the Flies," recieved enough response to encourage Fraser on her second project:
"Candy Factory, " however, was not recieved as well. Some critics are calling it tough. Needlessly tough.
From the world of Child— ren, ‘ Who exist always at "now", Fraser decided to
deal with a grown up world
that doesn't know where ‘it is at. I
The novel deals with _ values,~. or rather the lack of them in a worldlwhere goodand evil. arenot‘ clear- Fraser uses a cult—
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present a micro-cosm cf life in the seventies as she sees it. 4 Fraser describes her laste latest book, " A Casual ' Affair," as an exploration of changing personal rela— tionships in the wake of the sixtiés. ’ p The plot centers on a man who believes marriage cannot work and a women who believes it can work, and how these opposing tendenc. .7 cies are ironically resolved. There are many traps for a writer trying to go pro— fessional. Fraser warns it
. is easy to fall into a ’pat—
tern after the first book, especially if it is a success, and it is _easierto make money talking about past succes— ses than to get back to work on a future ones. .
Fraser believes in putting in a good days work, rather than sitting and waiting for the mood to; hit. .Honever, this attitude presents problems.
"V When you're working you're feeling guilty, be— cause you figure ‘your'should \ be out living, and when you- re out living you feel; guilty because you're not working."
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Clubhasbeencneofthe- servicesprovidedbythe Student Union but, due to
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the club was closed dam in the Fall of 77. ' Nov, two students, . Don Femald and Gerald McKenna, are trying again to get the club started. They are planning :15 running the club as 7 a business enterprise, not as a Student Union sub-‘ i ‘cnnmittee. » . The first movie they ran this semester was "Blazing. Saddles" in cmjunction‘
' with Winter Carnival Week.
Their next movie, this Sunday, Feb. 5th,. will be Woody Allen as The Front, with Zero Mostel and Herschel Bernardi at 8 p.m.
in the Duffy Admissim is $1.50: '
' The following Sunday,
Feb. 12th, The will
be shcwn‘at 7 an A9 p.m. Following weeks will see J sud: movies as All "lhe 'Presichit's‘ben, Dog'Day ' -, Aftegxom, Close Encounters and me Eagle Has‘Lalm. ,
"Z'Sinoethis is being rm
as a private enterprise, . ‘
the succesS‘of the first film
films is necessary or '
mvie Club-will again?
be forced out of business- All sturhnts are urged to
attend and support this
new club. " ' - J _ Another of cartoons/will
be shown each evening V
preceding the main attract-
! ion. ~
A refreshment stand will be available including such sundries as chips, bars, pop, apples and popcorn.