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...celebrating King George III's 25th birthday, the Chippewas and Sacs in 1763 got together for some in tertribal bagataway - lacrosse,* in pale face language - outside Quebec's Fort Michilimackinac. Invited to watch the fun, the Fort's entire garrison gathered on the sidelines. Whereupon the braves dropped their bagataway sticks, grabbed their tomahawks, and staged one of the bloodiest massacres in Canadian history...
Going Public. The old pattern of universities in Canada was Roman Catholic-run colleges in Quebec, private universities modeled on Oxford or Edinburgh in the English-speaking eastern provinces, public universities modeled on U.S. land-grant schools in the West. The big push is shattering the pattern. Because of the need for funds, schools are leaning upon government until there is scarcely a truly private college left in Canada. Provincial governments pick up nearly 40% of the operating costs of the colleges, the federal government about 20%, tuition 27%, and private sources the rest. Typical effect: the French Catholic University...
...populous East, Laval University, long a landmark of the Latin Quarter section of Quebec City, has moved most of its facilities to an ultramodern, $45 million suburban complex, decorated with murals in the style of the University of Mexico. Dalhousie, founded with $11,000 seized from Maine customs officials during the War of 1812, is crying for new millions to expand its medical school. In Fredericton, New Brunswick, the provincial university is bursting its serene bounds. The University of Montreal's 14,000 on-campus students will soon ride two new escalators tunneled through granite to reach their campus...
...AMERICAN SPORTSMAN (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). Hunting elephants in Kenya, deep-sea fishing off Panama, salmon fishing in northern Quebec, with Actor-Sportsman Robert Stack and others...
...report last week, most Canadians agreed with the description of the friction. However, people on both sides questioned the tone of high alarm. The commission did most of its interviewing in the spring and summer of 1964, when tensions were still high after a tiny lunatic fringe of Quebec separatists had been bombing mailboxes and raiding armories. The situation has eased considerably since then. Lester Pearson has appointed more French Canadians to key Cabinet posts than any other Prime Minister, and made a start on lowering the language barrier in the civil service. Canada has a new maple-leaf flag...