THE SUN, Thursday, OctOber 22, :1981, (page/4'

‘ w—Comm’ent—s—

By John Maclean

To a person living in the midst of over asphaltized, over humanized cities like Toronto, Montreal, orNew York, a glance at the P.E.I. tourist brochures must be ever so romantically

appealing -

Lush green pastures filled with

herds of nolstein and angus cattle, combined with

salty, sea sprayed images of beaches and women '

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must be indeed .a tempting escape to the hardened

city dweller .

But probably the most luring bit of romantic

bait cast

into the big.cities by the P.E.I.

Dept. of Tourism, is the sense of commumity and human closeness among Islanders, which’ happens to be splashed on Island faces both on

and off tourist brochures.

Friendly people with smiling faces who can provide the tourist with directions to almost

moms;

Seeking Your Help”

Dear Sir/Madam:

As a student of U.B.C. (L.L.B. 1960) I became in—, terested in any means of lightening my work load, and happened upon the study of mnemmonics. This study concerns the science of memory. It has occurred to me that many students would benefit from a book on the subject. I would be grateful, therefore, y, if your readers would drop a line or postcard con— taining their favourite mnemonic. By this I mean a "memory crutch" such as the one known to all stu- dents of music, VIZ: F.A. C.E. being the key signa— ' tures of the treble clef. Students of geology will recognize the mnemmonic for the Moh‘s Scale of the hardness of minerals, VIZ: . Toronto Girls _C_an Fight 7[And Other Queer Things _Qan 50, Which is a memory de- Vice to enable geologists to remember the relative hardness of minerals, which are as follows: ‘

T alc

G ypsum

C alcite

F eldspar

A lbite

O rthocluse

Q uartz

T itanium A

C arborundum

D iamond

If your readers would care to send me their .fa— vourite mmemmonic together 4 with any knowledge of its author, I shall do my best to give credit where credit is due. ’

Respectfully yours,

w . Grant Hughes

Keep Laughing Jack

Dear Editor:

I would like to express my displeasure with the author ‘of "Not Laughing". First, as an avid fan of "View From the Top" I would like to point out that this particular article is meant to add a little levity in this time of assignments, tests, and more assignments. Now, if you like to pick your brains out with news, ' more news, and a big, colorful heading above the top of the comic— strips so you can skip it and get on to the importance of Breshnevs latest trip to the bath- room go right ahead. However, this is not a paper particularly devoted to such crap. I'm .quite sure While not everybody on campus loves the engineers, most would (rather have a little giggle than cry oVer an article on "Amnesty International" etc. If

"Dear Job".would just supply his/her name and address (through the SUN) I'd gladly send you a years subscription of "The Morticians Times" so you could play grim reaper over everybody else. Keep laughing Jack.

Sam Serious and the Sucide Sisters

(p.s. Since when has "Rumour Hath It"been funny?

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‘any corner of this rural paradise-certainly depicts the Island summer persona. The Island however, like most other places, has lurking - behind its pleasant principle a harsh'socialy reality of marplo‘yment and alcoholism. The problems have never given Islanders much to

smile about on most occasions, and so it's a little perplexing to see this incredible sunn covering 50' many Island faces. a - /

EXactly why Prince Edward Islanders carry/ ‘ out this yearly ritual is mnfusing. Surely, r its not because they appreciate the glad tidings foreigners bring to fill Island pockets. For the people who reap the benefits of the tourist; ., industry are not' smiling, they're laughing - all , the way to the bank. And that,for_, sure-yisupnly

a small segment of the Island, labor. 4 . ;-;t".:: v

What Islanders may be actually.‘fsmil-ing :' '; ~ during those summer months is the power; these aliens "represent. a r

‘ Everything from Island basics of unemplyment . checks, food and clothing, to luxuriesof T.V. sets, automobiles and alcohol, (it is questionable if alcohol is a baSic Or a luxury ‘ on P.E.I.) , all aspects of Island freedom, are represented by the people " ‘

from away ' .

\ When both'Island basics and luxuries are dependent upon an outside source, its no wonder " Islanders most humbly beam when they meet the true masters of their Island destiny.

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