Education: U.B.C.--Sis-Boom-Ah

The University of British Columbia at Vancouver owes much of its existence to the sis-boom-ah of its galumphing student body. In 1922, fed up with government delays in providing permanent buildings, undergraduates marched eight miles to a wooded headland overlooking Howe Sound, heaved boulders into a cairn and started one of the handsomest campuses in North America. In subsequent years they have built a gymnasium, a playing field and stadium, a recreation hall.

Last week they were at it again. They plastered the campus with yellow labels bearing the slogan "It's Up To You."...

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