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NEWSLETTER No. 94 November 1995 Dear Friend of the Library, NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. in the Peter J . Peters Room. ARTIST'S RECEPTION The next reception will be on November 27th from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. with artist Joanna Walton in attendance. Her exhibition "Windows Of The World " will continue to December 31st, 1995. REMEMBRANCE Last year at this time, the North Shore News "This Week's Question" was "Do You Think Remembrance Day Is Losing Its Significance?". This struck me as a negative, unfortunate and unwarranted suggestion, and in the November, 1994 Newsletter I attempted to explain why I thought so. This year, in the North Shore News dated November 12th, we encounter Doug Collins answering last year's Question and saying why he thinks the Day is losing its significance. As usual, much of what he says is true up to a point, but his generalizations and sweeping conclusions will, I fear, encourage more people to lose interest in the tradition of Remembrance and to take for granted, as many already do, the freedom which was won for us all by those who served - and especially by those who gave their lives - in war. In case you have not read the N. Shore News of November 12th, Doug Collins' column included the following: - Nov. 11 has become not much more than a day off. Or leads to a day off, as it will on Monday for many. The change of mood is not really surprising, considering that the Second World War ended 50 years ago. Soon there will be little point in having a Remembrance Day at all. There wont be anyone left who remembers. - The war will sink into history, like all other conflicts, and will be left to academics to argue about. Which indeed is happening now. - Comparatively few people turn out for the ceremonies and it is by no means a "holy day." I commend Doug Collins for saying at the beginning of his remarks that he had "a modest proposal" to make, name .../2