Ellsworth
Dickson

I heard some disturbing statistics the other
day on the rising abuse of alcohol by
teenagers. Close to 80 per cent of teenagers
drink now and it is getting worse every year.
And it is not that they have a beer or two at a
party — they tend to get drunk.

Today’s question is:

‘What can be done .
fo curtail teenage
alcohol abuse?”’

-North Vancouver

‘I don't see how it can be
‘stopped. Too many
families don't discipline
feeeg their children, and so
Ss they grow up with poor

attitudes. The children

see how ther parents
behave.

Young people are not
to handle
eR alcohol by their families.
F.So when they go to
; parties, they overdo it,
and get drunk and into
trouble. Also, some
teenagers drink as a form
of defiance because of
" personal problems.

fa Pat Mostard)
A. North Vancouver

) This is a serious probicm
with many pcople i
really don't know what
can be done
<@@@ anybody’

Does

5 John Kol
; North Vancouver

I don't think parcats have
cnough control of their
children. | think many
teenagers drink because
of family and personal
problems and peer
pressure as well 1 think
parents should talk to
their khids more Hotels
and hquor outlets should
mS be firm and caforce our
drnnking laws
casy solution

There ts no

Abe Esau
North V ancoevecr

| think a teenager's at
| itude starts in the home
They must be shown
“fo moderation Phe schools
can help by showing the
» students the dangers of
’ alcohol and cspcctally
drinking and diving

The work of two highly
talented young watercolour-
ists will go on display in the
Presentation—-House

Gallery
September 4 to 21. While
both artists paint in bright
primary colours and inks,
the styles of Peter Field and
Crystal Knott are radically
different.

Peter Field’s paintings,
which

Knott in’ comparison;
creates strong. three-
dimensional works rich in

“Vancouver Scenes’ ¢em-

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phasize the strange beauty
present in heavy,
mechanical objects like
machinery and rigging.

This effect is achieved by
outlining her subject first in
cartoon form with pen and
India ink then filling in with
watercolour washes. Knott,
who studied art and music
most of her life, says that this
has instilled in her a
reverence for the innate
beauty of form which is
present in both.

Knott and Field wil) be
present to discuss their work
at the opening of the show
on September 4. Classical
also be present with a

selection from his extensive

Also opening on Sep-
tember 4, in the smaller
Studio Theatre Gallery, will
be an exhibition of colour
and black and _ white
photographs titled ‘A VIEW
OF THE MARITIMES’ by
Vancouver artist Ben
Clifford.

Mr. Clifford’s work has
appeared in Photo Life
Magazine and the Van-
couver Sun and been
displayed in the B.C. Inter-
national Exhibition of
Photography and at the
University of British
Columbia. Clifford describes
his work as “largely escapist”

Ancient cities had problems, too

Babylon, Ur, Athens,
Rome, Venice, Paris,
London — the names bring
to mind a myriad of kings,
politicians, scholars, artists,
soldiers and priests who
shaped and recorded the
history of  westera
civilization. They lived in
cities which, up until this
century, held only a tiny
fraction of the world's
population, but which have
always played a focal role in
events far out of proportion
to their size.

History 200, offered at

Capilano College this fall,
will trace the role of cities
from the ancient Near East
up to the industrial
revolution. In our intensely
urbanized century we tend
to look back at old cities as
idyllic communities, but
pollution, traffic jams,
violence and alienation were
problems there, too.

In 17th century Am-
sterdam Descartes despaired
about the anonymity of city
life. In 15th century
Florence, citizens struggled

with a pollution problem of
staggering proportions. In
ancient Rome the traffic
jams were so bad _ that
commercial vehicles had to
be banned from the city
during the day, so they
clattered through the streets
at night keeping irate
residents awake.

Urban History is an op-
portunity to look at the
development of the city in
the past and come back with

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ALUMINUM
COMPANY OF
CANADA, LTD
APPOINTS SENIOR
EXECUTIVE FOR
BRITISH COLUMBIA

William J. Rich —

Patnck JJ Rich, Presi-
dent, Aluminum Company
of Canada, Ltd. has an-
nounced the appointment
of William J Rich as Vice
President for British
Columbia, reporting dt-
rectly to the President

The appointment tollows a
recent ahnouncement by
Alcan that it will review its
Proposal to build addt-
tional hydro-electric and
smelting capacity 'n
British Columbia The
development of a pro-
posal that will take into ac-
count the interests of
governmental agencies
and of residents in the
area that could be aftected
will be a prime responst
bility of the new executive

Bill Rich is a graduate en-
gineer and joined Alcan at
Kitimat in 1961 He has
held a number of man
agement positions and
was. until this appoint
ment manager of the
Kitimat smelter

The Atuminum Company
ot Canada, Lids tactlites
in British Columbia are
managed by Alcan Smet
ters and Chenmcals td
which operates the smc!

ter al Kituemat and the
hydro etectrte facihes al
Kemano and by Alcan
Canada Products (limited
which is responsible for

so tabncating plants and
seven sates offices im the
province