by Kaberi Dasgupta

“Mom, why doesn’t she have to drink a glass of milk?” demands my youngest sister, pointing at me.

“She’s older. her.”

“She’s always trying to be an adult,” she says, mak- ing a face at me.

It’s up to

She’s wrong, of course. It’s not being told to drink milk that makes: one an

adult. It’s not finishing high —

school or university. — It’s not even being over eigh- teen years (or being seven- teen years if you were born before July 1, 1969). The true adult is one who im- parts sage advice to unwill- ing listeners. Unfortunately, it is frequently younger sib- lings that bear the brunt of such newfound wisdom.

“Bat your broccoli.” SYuk. ”

The UPEI Theatre Soci- ety is still hard at work as it enters the final phase of its production and rehearsal schedule for the production of “Count Oederland.’ We have been working steadily now for a month and the show is shaping up very well and promises to be a fine piece of theatre. ;

Cast and crew have been puting a great deal of time into this production and are seeing results. The set de- sign by Dave Bennett and Dave Larsen is finally becom- ing a physical reality as the building crew (David Larsen, Dawn Binkley, Mark Jordan, Kerry Lafferty, and Libby Kennedy) have spent many a Joyful and sawdust filled hour

utility building creating a set that will become, in the run of the play, a den, a forest, ® hotel, a government resi-

dency, a bedroom, a cottage, and a sewer.

displaying our show posters ‘found campus and Charlot- tetown. The poster- design by karen dew will feature an axe (the revolution symbol of the play) backgrounded by = ce = thursday March 3rd 1988

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“When | Was Your Age”

When the adult versus the child

“What do you mean Do you know how many starving children in the world would love to have

your broccoli?” “They can have it.”

“All right. But let me till you how your body will

“What is the log of ~x in 5p?./a+w— qr?”

“Mmm... I could explain it, but my methods would be too complicated for you.

Maybe you should talk to your teacher.”

“All right, all right, we’ll do our homework.”

To come degree, these words are inspired by philan- thropy. The advice given, if followed, will benefit the re- cipient. Furthermore, the re- cipient may be more inclined to follow the words of wis-

“Yet the adult, while professing to be an expert on everything from mowing to mathematics, also possesses an uncanny ability to account for supposed gaps in her knowledge.”

shrivel up if you don’t...”

“Mom!”

Yet the adult, while pro- fessing to be an-expert on everything from mowing to mathematics, also possesses an uncanny ability to ac- count for supposed gaps in her knowledge.

However, the words that truly mark the arrival of adulthood are those that ev- ery ten-year-old vows never to utter: ‘‘When I was your age...”

“Why are you fighting with each other? Don’t you have any homework? When I was your age ...” y

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the silhouette of a cloaked man in the forest.

The cast, under the vi- sionary direction of Laurel Smythe, have progressed at a rapid rate. The act runs done over the break were gave us a chance to see all of the scenes together and it

also gave the cast an oppor-

dom if the wisdom-giver is seen to have benefitted from the course of action she sug- gests. (It is thus perfectly understandable if the adult feels compelled to fabricate some past experiences in or-

‘der to make her advice more

appealing. i ‘When I was your age, I remember waking up at 6:00

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tunity to get a sense of con- tinuity in the show. The pre- production cast soiree gave a sense of community and with three weeks left to work on “polish items,” we are in good shape.

“Count Oeder- land” opens at the MacKen- nie Theatre (corner of Uni-

versity Avenue and Grafton | Street) on March 17, St.' Patrick’s Day, and runs for) three nights. Tickets can be | bought from the Confeder- ation Centre Ticket Works ($5.00 for students, cheaper than a movie). We have a good show in the making; come see us do our thing.

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am everyday just to practice piano.”

“Just be- cause you... Wait a minute; we didn’t even have a piano when you were my age.”

At times, it is a sense of injustice to oneself, rather than philan- thropy, that produces the words in question.

“Go to bed.”

“Can’t we just stay up to watch ‘Night Court’?”

“Absolutely not. When I

was your age, I had to go to bed at 9:00 pm.”

Yet perhaps our younger siblings are fortunate in com-

however,

parison to our children, pos- sibly the children of the twenty-first century...

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