The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-02-07, Page 16Page 2 -Crossroads -February 7, 1974 -
ACTOR PORTRAYS SIR JOHN A.
Versatile Canadian actor William Hutt portrays Sir John A. Macdonald in CBC -TV's new
documentary -drama series The National ,Dream, based on Pierre Berton's best-sellers about the
building of the CPR. The series starts Sunday, March 3 at 9 p.m. In case you're wondering, that's
Hutt above on the left. The real Sir John A. is on the right.
CBC'S THE NATIONAL DREAM
Hutt comments on his role
as Sir John A. Macdonald
During a hill between takes of
CBC -TV's National Dream series
last summer, distinguished
Canadian actor William Hutt was
asked how he felt about his role
as Canada's first prime minister,
Sir John A. Macdonald.
Hutt was seated in a lawn -chair
studying his lines for the next
scene. With -his Sir John A. hair-
style and the 1870'sattire he bore
a remarkable resemblance to the
father of Confederation. He pon-
dered before replying:
"There are few if any legend-
ary figures in Canadian luStory,"
he observed, "and .1 suppose Sir
John was as much or ,more a
legend than anybody.Certainly
his foresight about the unification
of our country was incredibly
accurate. The West might have
been lost if it weren't for the
building of • the CPR.
t'IVIatdonald wattsachAla inter-
eating. c.haigiatbiAfiediadoiklIthat
ti charisma that✓'; Canadians and
most of the western world are
always searching for in leaders.
He was a highly attractive char-
acter among his peers - a great
political leader, a good family
man, and he could drink with the
best of them. Or better. Though
fortunately this' didn't seem to
detract from his ability to go-
vern. He just had : charisma:
"I guess the.thing I enjoy most
about playing Sir John," con-
tinued Hutt, "is that his feelings
about, Canada strike a very
responsive chord in my own feel-
ings aboutmy country. I have
been shamelessly, relentlessly
Canadian, for yea's.
"Of course an actor takes a risk
'whenever he plays, an historical
character. There's, so much bio-
graphical material available."
Hutt, whose Shakespearean
characterizations have excited
audiences throughout North
America and- EuroPe, observed.
that in his view there is cone
- Dear Editor,
A great deal of concern has
been registered recently, it yr a ,
ious.newspapers across the coun-
try, .with regard to the Safety of
our School Buses. No doubt this is
asitshould be, but it seems to me
that the answer could, and
should; be obtained from the
people most involved, namely,
the drivers.
With all due respect to the
Ontario Public School Men
Teachers' Federation, it would
appear that their "Field of En-
deavour" should be confined to
the classroom and school acti-
vities, rather than the highway
and traffic problems. Presently,
teachers are experiencing
enough difficulty in their nego-
tiations with school boards and
provincial departments of educa-
tion, without becoming involved
in a sphere of activities which
could be termed `extra curri-
cula'. I refer to ttie article in
"Crossroads" in which Mr. Doug
McCann reports that O.P.S.
M.T. Federation presented a
brief fo the Provincial Govern-
ment containing a "lengthy list of
recommendations".
Mr. McCann has interviewed a
lot of people who are supposed to
know, and weighed all the pros
and cons and the question is still
left wide open.
The bus drivers do not belong to
any federation, unfortunately,
and should they ever do such ' a
thing, they would probably be
much maligned for becoming
unionized.
Did anyone ever hear of a bus
drivers strike resignation?
i „'/, //i.
DITOR
In one section of his article Mr.
McCann invites comments with
regard to safety regulations, and
my opinion is strictly my own,
and does not presume to repre-
sent
epresent the opinion of other drivers,
federated or otherwise, but I
would say that there are onlyfour
or five basic requirements . to
ensure the Safety of our School
Buses, namely :-
(1)
-(1) Leave the design and modi-
fication of the bus to the manu-
facturer: (They know their busi-
ness and have said they can build
a bus like a tank if school boards
would be willing to,pay for them.)
(2) Re -awaken the public interest
in, and awareness of the vital role
of school buses, (with a short
television show similar to the one
which extols the virtue of the
snow plow.)
(3) Make it mandatory for all
townships' to acquire and "make
daily use of" an efficient sander.
(Country roads these days are
build high and narrow, to faci-
litate snow removal rather than
safety.)
(4) Make it possible for school
boards to budget sufficient funds
to adequately reimburse drivers
for the responsibility of their
undertaking. (Nobody wants a
bus driver strike resignation, do
they?)
'Should the four requirements
listed above be complied with, I
believe we could say with confi-
dence, "Yes our school buses are
safe!"
Leonard R. Carter,
160 Davidson Ave. N.,
Listowel.
1Crossroadsl
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siderably less latitude for an
actor portraying a well-known
historical figure than there is in
most Shakespearean charac-
terizations, or in fictional charac-
ters in drama .generally.
Those who have seen Hutt's
work on The National Dream are
impressed by the vigor and gusto
so evident in his approach to the
demanding role of Macdonald,
running the emotional gamut
from moments of paternal ten-
derness, to the depths of drunken
despair, to peaks of high political
drama.
Author Pierre Berton will ap-
pear as host -narrator of the CBC.
series The National Dream,
Which starts Sunday, March 3.
Executive producer is James
Murray.
BETTER ENGLISH
By D. C. Williams
What is wrong with each of
these sentences?
1. We find it to be a positive
fact that he lived in the wes-
tern portion of the country.
2. Here, are a new pair of shoes
for you to try on.
3. When the entertainment was
over with, we proceeded on
to Ellen's house.
4. That there child spoke to me
for at least fifteen minutes.
5. Wars have affected food sup-
plies all ovet the world.
6. There is an old adage that
advises against this kind of•
an action.
What are the' correct pronun-
ciation of these words?
•7. Connoisseur.
8. Ubiquitous.
9. Virago.
10. Uxorious.
11. Rapine.
12. Justifiable.
Which six words in the follow-
ing group are misspelled?
13. Paregoric, gymnastic, Pyr-
rhic, Antartic, bombastic,
mackerel; clientel, dishevel,
bagatelle, chimerical, con-
undrum, indecorum, equi-
librum, interim, momen-
tum, habilitate, tet -a -tete,
accentuate, reinstatement,
militate, reprieve, weird,
wield, serve, conceive, mil-
lennium, Meershaum, tra-
pezium, centennial, pot-
pourri.
ANSWERS
1. Omit "positive," and say,
"western PART of the coun-•
try " 2. Say, "Here IS a
a pair. of NEW SHOES for
you to try on." 3. Omit
you to try on.- 3. Omit
"with" and "on". 4. Omit
"there," and say, "spoke
WITH me." 5. 'It is better
to say, "OVER ALL the
world." 6. Omit the words
"old" and "an." An adage
is an OLD saying.
7. Pronounce kahn-i-suhr,
principal accent on - last
syllable. 8. Pronounce yoo-
bickiwi-cuss, accent second
syllable. 9. Pronounce vi -
ray -go, accent second syl-
lable. 10. Pronounce ucks-
oh-ri-uss, accent second syl-
lable. 11. Prounounce rap -
in, and not "ray -peen." 12.
Principal accent is on
FIRST syllable, not the
third.
13. Antarctic, clientele, equili-
brium, tete-a-tete, siev.,
Meerschaum.
eHEss
ignorance
picks
winners
By JOSEPH MILL BROWN
Sometime in 1975 Bobby
Fischer may sit down some-
where for another world
championship chess match.
His opponent will come from
one of eight contenders in the
current Candidates Matches.
Among them is something for
everyone.
.Are you betting on youth?
Take Brazil's Henrique
Mecking, or Russia's Anatoly
Karpov. If you're the senti-
mental kind, you'll probably
prefer Doris Spassky. And- if
you're running a high fever
and are out of your mind,
hurry down to the nearest
poolroom for a bet on Ameri-
ca's middle-aged underdog,
Robert Byrne.
These days, particularly,
the less you know about chess,
the better your chances to
pick a winner. Because the
game is made up of so many
intangibles, every master
eventually enunciates his own
dogma for success.
"Psychology is the most
important factor in chess,"
opined Alexander Alekhine.
"From the commencement of
a game, a player must know-
his
nowhis opponent: Then the game
becomes something niiore
than the moving of pieces. It
becomes a question of nerves,
personality and vanity."
Many players suffer from
nerves 'because of insecurity
when facing higher -rated
players. Ex -world chanipibn
Emanuel Lasker once visited,
a London club and watched
Edith Price, Britain's strong-
est woman player of the time,
flounder badly.
"Play with confidence," he
counseled her. "What if you
lose? It does not matter."
Years s later, £,. 0"0.1414nk.
ander advised hal readers
the London Spy ZIP
that,to win at cione itnW
not shwa too much respect for
grAndmeztera,
It does pay, however, o
have .. ' rh'ya
like the one owned by Brit-
ain's inunortal J. I. Black-
borne, who hadn't even
learned the chess moves until
he was eighteen. But the year
before, in 1859, the. world -
and 'Blackburn was caught
on fire by the exploits of Paul
Morphy, much as it happened
a century later in Iceland.
One year after.: taking up
chess, Blackburne Mounded
everyone by playing a blind-
fold simultaneous against
three opponents. 'Two years
later the magic number was
ten, and thereafter he toured
the world.
In an exhibition' at the
Dutch royal palace, in The
Hague, one of his victims was
the Prince of Orange - one
VIP not embarrassed at being
identified as a chessplayer, in
contrast with many like An-
drew Bonar Law, the former
British prime minister" who
was an avid player and
patron, but insisted it all be
hush-hush.
Finally, there is chutzpah -
a virtual must for the success-
ful chessplayer, especially
when mixed with showman-
ship. Years ago the tour high-
light of Hungary's Geza
Maroczy . was a stop at Salt
Lake City where he planned -
but failed to pull off - a
simultaneous chess exhibition
against a polygamous Mor -
man family.
But one needn't be a grand-
master to shower the chess-
board with gall. The beauty of
the game is that you can give
free expression to your ego
without having to be impor-
tant. In his classic essay,
"Chess Reclaims a Devotee,"
Alfred Kreymborg, a poet of
the iiLost Generation era, de-
scribed the intensity brought
to chess by two fanatics at the
Manhattan Chess Club.
•
Zi warm; bated to
win a that 't; end in
checkmate:. His opponent,
Levk t*was "an idol
�:�e , k that torus
with aserial *tartans, whka,
in vko tZ'* !fie, became
more intense- with every
move. cliamed to be of-
fering from a stomach condi-
tion due to an indigestil*
herring.
''here's nothing the matter
with the herring," boomed
Ziegenschwarcz, with the in.
evitable logic of a viinner at
chess. "It's your game that
disagrees with yott.,
LENINGRAD INTERZONAL
-1973 •
KING'S INDIAN
DEFENSE
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(Denmark)
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(USA)
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Cool Temperatures - Tempera-
ture range during winter on
a window sill in an unheated
room -40° to 45° at night,
55° to 60° on sunny days, and
50° on cloudy days.
Dimlight -• Lighting intensity
of room interior away from
windows.
Full Sun - Sunlight ~'unbroken
by curtains or frosted glass.
South windows have 'full sun
for the longest period during
the day.
High humidity -A t m o s p h e r e
saturated with moisture,
(Attainable only in a green-
house or terrarium) .
Iantcultureterrns...
Indirect sunlight -Sunlight
diffused by a lightweight cur-
tain placed between sun and
the plant.
Low humidity -Normal humi-
dity in a heated or aircondi-
tioned hose, 40 to 50 percent
relative humidity.
Medium Humidity - R e l a t i v e
humidity of about 70 percent.
' Moderate temperature -W inter
range of temperatures on the
window sill of a normally
heated room -50° to 55° at
night, 70° on sunny days, and
60° on cloudy days.
LANSKY'S LOOK
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"It was done by some sinister force!"
Potting mixtures -Equal parts
of garden soil and organic
Matter -peat moss or shred-
ded sphagnum moss with one
level teaspoon of 20 percent
superphosphate added per
quart of mixture (potting soil
has all the necessary and
beneficial additives for suc-
cessful pot culture) .
Subdued daylight -Daylight
with no direct sun; light from
a north window.
W arm temperature - 6 5° a t
night and 80° during the day.
Supplemental heaters usually
are needed to provide warm
temperatures.
Most unique
railroad station
in Canada
For 45 yeah, Union Station in
Toronto has been the travel hub
of the Ontario capital, with some
25,000 passengers tstreaming
through its Great Hall every day.
The enormous edifice looks like
a temple, with 22 imposing 40 -foot
pillars, each weighing 75 tons.
The ticket lobby is 260 feet long,
and its ceiling looms fully 88 feet
above the daily hurrying throng.
The walls are of Missouri Zum-
bro stone. Stairways and floors
are of sturdy Tennessee marble.
The ceiling has a facing of vitri-
fied Guastavino tile. The names
of towns and cities served across
Canada since it was opened by
the late Duke of Windsor back in
1927 are engraved in stone.
Before the days of air travel,
the majority of immigrants to the
Canadian West passed through
Toronto's Union Station -and in
such ethnic variety that the train
menus were printed in nine lan-
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