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U.S. student radicals want grussfoots movement EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN

(Correspondent)-Delegates to this week’s national conference of Students for a Democratic Soci- ety (SDS) believe their meeting will make or break the immediate future of student radicalism in the U.S.

They are attempting to tailor their organization to meet the anticipated growing challenge to radicalism. They also feel they must learn from and use the experience of the recent Columbia University revolution.

If a nationwide movement is grassroots restructuring of the to succeed, it needs more than movement by placing the total em- a hard-core national structure-it phasis on a permanent, radica, needs strong, committed bodies on independent third party of mem- the campuses. This was a gen- bership-controlled local organi- eral feeling. zations.

By Wednesday, the conference was bogging down over the lack of solutions to their commonly- recognized problems. One fac- tion argued for clarification of the political principles of SDS.

But, the general trend is away from electoral politics and con- sequently there’s a swing to

A prominent pamphlet being considered focuses on the destruc- turing of the SDS national and regional organizations.

Delegates were also concerned with their relationship to other radical groups like the Progressive Labor Party, the Peace and Freedom Party and

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Plans are complete for new residence Habitat ‘69. Model pictured above. Story page 3.

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Vol. 9 No. 6 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Friday, June 14, 1968

tudents hold admit7 offices, culf rute

BURNABY, B.C. (CUPand Staff )-Student and faculty action at Simon Fraser University continued to brew over the weekend.

Early Friday morning, a group of students seized the university’s administrative offices and vowed to stay until the board of governors resigned. The action followed temporary acting president Archie MacPherson’s refusal to accept the student demands for restructuring of the board.

Another factor behind the sitin was a decision by the joint faculty not to include students on the committee that negotiated Ma’cPherson‘s appointment as SFU’s third president within a week. Students were concerned that they might also be omitted from the committee which will soon be struck to nominate a permanent acting president.

BULLETIN Just at press time, an anony-

mous phone call- was received saying Thursday’s secret meeting of the committee of presidents of universities of Ontario in the board and senate room had been huggedandrecorded.

The caller gave no clue to his identity or of any group affiliation. He also refused to say when and if a transcript of the proceedings would be available.

The call reinforces an earlier rumor that a bugging might occur.

The presidents were expected to discuss the recent student rioting in F:urope and the revolutions at Columbia and Simon Fra ser Ciniversities.

Claude His sell of University 0t 'I'(Jr(JnhJ Was expected t0

lead discussions on how lo prevent unrest in Ontario in the fall.

President when the unrest began, Patrick McTaggart-Cowan offic- ially remains on extended leave.

The student groups at SFU are apparently divided over the question of the sitin. Student council has expressed neither approval nor disapproval of the action, which was organized by a radical campus Organization-Students for a Democratic University (SDU,.

SDU’s occupation of - the administration offices lasted from Friday until noon Tuesday. During the occupation, the liberated Simon Fraser board room was utilized as a day-nursery for the children of SFU students. The faculty lounge was also declared liberated, following the removal of a partition between it and the cafeteria by a group of faculty and students.

The decision to withdraw from the administration offices came after two members of the board met with the demonstrators Tuesday morning. The board members agreed that the board would consider the student proposals for a joint meeting between a committee representing all student factions and the board.

SDU representatives termed the withdrawal “an act of good faith” and stated that they would consider further action if the board did not accept their proposals within a week.

The day-nursery was with- drawn from the board room after temporary acting president Mac- Pherson assured the students that the finding of a permanent location would receive immediate attention.

Also on Tuesday, a noon meet- ‘ing of students on the mall gave MacPherson a vote of confidence. The same motion had been tabled a week before when MacPherson had failed to commit himself to support the list of student demands.

Tuesday’s vote carried after

council president Martin Loney spoke in favor of the motion.

He said, “I believe that Dean MacPherson is an honest person who will act in good faith. This vote does not, however, give him carte blanche to do as he wishes. We can re-evaluate our support at any time.”

The demonstrations and mass meetings have all been conducted without any violence. SFU’s kam- pus kops are reported to have been under instructions to avoid any confrontations with the demonstrators.

One of the most important achievements of the student action has been a mellowing of the faculty’s attitude. After its initial rejection of the proposal, the joint faculty has now agreed that the students should partici- pate in both the selection of a new president and the rewriting of the B.C. Universities Act.

The student body and the joint faculty are each electing five-man committees to search for a per- anent acting president. They have agreed that only mutually-acceptable names will be considered.

The joint faculty has already agreed in principle to a number of the students’ demands. These included an exclusively academic senate, academic administration appointments for short terms by democratic process and full student participation in university government.

Faculty representatives have also stated that they are willing to consider any legitimate efforts leading to an end of the board.

Things are calm on campus as students and faculty conduct el- ections for their representatives to the selection committee.

The heat will be probably on again early next week when the students and faculty hold their first meeting and the SDU one- week truce with the board ex- pires.

the Black Panther Movement, as well as the role of non-students in SDS.

While in mid-week delegates were getting hung-up over petty issues, it seemed they realized it and were resolved to beat the impasse. The conference ends tomorrow so there is time for a significant happening.

With people present like Mark Rudd, one of the most vocal leaders of the Columbia revolution, there seems to be an indi-

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cation that something big will happen.

The outcome of the conference will affect radical action on Am- erican campuses in this next important year.

The Canadian Union of Students is being represented by CUS associate secretary Bob Baldwin, an observer at the conference.

An interesting sideline-the New York Times, attacked for its unfair coverage of the Col- umbia police bust, was barred from all meetings and workshops.

report R released

A critical report of the university’s community relations has raised’a controversy in the administration since president Ger- ry Hagey released it.

Murray Davidson an administration employee, and Federa- tion of Students president Brian Iler were commissioned in Jan- uary to report on the university’s public image.

This research grew out of the tenth anniversary program. Oper- ations vicepresident Al Adlington, coordination director Bert Barber and fund-drive vicechairman Har- old Barbour in January commissioned Davidson and Iler.

Davidson finished his BA in pol- isci at Waterloo in ‘67 and has been doing public-relations work for the university under development director Jack Hemphill since then.

Iler worked for the university in ‘67 as chairman of the tenth anniversary week, being salaried during his summer work term. He spent the first two months of ‘68 working for coordination department, before taking office as federation president.

The report is based on the personal experiences of the authors and various samples they took in the community and on campus. The authors admit the data is somewhat subjective.

In the analysis section of the report, they undertook an area by area criticism of the university. It is this section that has raised the controversy.

Shortly after Hagey con sented to release the report, Adlington informed Hagey that the report had not been intended for public con sump tion.

Both directly and through Iler Adlington tried to get back the Chevron’s copy of the report.

“I will be recommending to the university president that pages 14 to 29 (the analysis) not be included in general distribution to avoid fogging up the recommendations with the specifics involved. We don’t think we’ll get

as quick action if we have to live through a period of unhappin- ess,” Adlington said.

David son also approached the Chevron to find out how the report was being handled. When he learned a digest of the re-

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port was being printed, he recommended to Adlington that the report be immediately sent to department chairmen mentioned in the report.

Hagey said he accepted the central recommendations for a highranking public relations man and a public relations coordin- ating committee. He did not feel the examples cited in the analy- si s set tion required extensive investigation.

“When you realize this is a $22-million operation, to think there aren’t going to be individual departments that can’t be improved is ridiculous,” said Hagey.

But Hagey admitted the complaints outlined in the report were not new to him.

“However we can’t just act overnight,” he said. “You can’t just fire one person today and get a new one tomorrow.”

David son feels the only reason the report is getting attention is the slip made in releasing it. He said the authors were con- templating possible release if there were no results after a period of time. Co-author Iler confirmed this.

“I’m not sure how the administration feels,” said Davidson. “We’ve had very polite memos and the usual thank-you-very- much. No one has expressed dis- agreement. If it hadn’t been for the controversial release of the report I think it might have lain around for years.”

No, Satan’s Choice have not invaded-it’s just Larry Kreuger, grad Phil, out for a spin on the Mosport ringroad.

” Ontario teachers preach socialism says Liberul

TORONTO (Special )-Liberal member in the legislature Eddie Sargent called on education and university affairs minister Bill Davis to stop Qntario teachers from preaching socialism to pupils.

“Most of our teachers are socialists,” said the provincial member for Grey-Bruce.

“They continually I brainwash our people on the evils of free enterprise.

“There should be a policing of the curriculum to prevent teachers from forcing their ideas on their pupils.

“I am greatly concerned about socialist teachers forcing their views on my kids.”

Sargent was booed and heckled by members of the New Democra- tic Party.

Davis replying said he dis- agreed that most teachers are socialists.

“I have a high regard for our teachers,” he said. “They This shot wus take/l fi*om purt WUJ’ up the smoke-abatement are too enlightened to be socialists.

facility. loOlii~1~ down illto the court,Jard of’ the central ser- Wcs complex, AN o.f”i’ce contest brought the folio wing cap-

Davis admitted that there tion suggestions. PPandP groundskeeping equipment tea -- might be isolated instances of teachers preaching socialism. party, physical-plant and planning as sandbox, dinky toys

“But it is not as rampant as the m,ake a comeback or the auction is on Saturday afternoon. member suggests.” -Doug McKegney, the Chevron

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Departments muthive-building bound Coordination department is

joining physical-plant and planning in the move of administrative facilities to the math building. Coordination expects to be in its offices on the sixth floor by September. PP and P is already comfortably settled in the con- crete fortress.

building to be built right across from the main campus exit onto Columbia Street.

Coordination expects to be finally moved to the office wing of the physics building when a new physics building is built.

The engineering, math and science library will also spend

All administrative departments a couple of years in math before are being moved from the upper finding its final home. The fourth floors of arts library to make floor of the math building is being room for books and study areas. readied to accommodate the

technical branch library until its Eventually most of them will building is built north of the old

wind up in an administration physics building.

Dam lowered to flush Laurel Creek The fifty-acre lake beside Col- sulting in about a one foot rise

umbia Street on the university’s in the water level of the creek. north campus had to be lowered It should provide sufficient flush- several inches this week. It ing action to clear the air for seems someone downstream from Bridgeport dwellers and others the university dumped raw sewage that live too near the picturesque into the creek. / . waterway.

The decreased level of ’ the So far, two of the stoplogs in lake did not deter use of the

the dam have been removed, re- waterhole for swimming. -/

Sublet your pad to full students

If you’re a student with an ap- help to off-campus students if artment you want to sublet for the housing office knew now if the fall term, the housing office these apartments would be avail- would like to know. able.”

Housing director Edith Beau- The housing office can be rea- soleil said, “It would be a big ched at 744-6111, local 2715.

Ontario university presidents here

Waterloo played host to the for meetings in the board and committee of presidents of uni- senate room (E1301) on Thursday versities of Ontario this week. afternoon and Friday,

This group includes the pre- None of the meetings are open.

sidents of the 14 provincially- A press release may be issued assisted universities in Ontario, on the results of the discussions.

with observers usually sent from The university’s board of gov-

Royal Military College and Wat- ernors also met this week, on

erloo Lutheran. Wednesday and Thursday in the campus center. Their meetings

The committee was scheduled are closed too.

Grunt cancelled-no one told her Don’t count your POSAP pen-

nies until your cheque is cashed. Not that it’ll bounce but it may never come.

Early last summer, Sandi Burt, third year arts, dutifully filled out all her student award ap- plication forms, with a note that she would probably receive a tuition scholarship. In August she received the standard reply from the awards officer informing her of the “amount of financial assistance you may count upon”. This included a second-term grant of $160.

In December she signed a pro- missory note for the $160 to pay her second-term residence fees. Over four months later she got a note from the business office asking that she pay her outstanding bill for $160 or have her marks withheld. The letter stated that the awards officer had informed the business office “that you received a University of Waterloo tuition scholar-

ship and as a result no grant would be received. ”

Unfortunately, the awards officer has still not informed Miss Burt of this fact, giving her no chance to appeal the award.

University awards officer Al- bert ‘Dejeet, referred to the official student award statement which says, “The grant portion of your award will normally be paid, after any adjustment necessary for other awards.” He said it was not usual procedure to send the student a notice informing him or her of such adjustments. In Miss Burt’s case, he said that since she had not received a scholarship at the time of original appli- cation, it was ignored in her grant allocation. Hence, when her scholarship went through, her POSAP grant was automatically cancelled. Dejeet added that if Miss Burt had had any questions she should have seen him.

Free films on Wednesduys ut noon If you like travelogues or can’t second are films on hunting and

afford to travel see all your fav- conservation around the world. orite vacation spots from a soft Added variety includes grand seat in P145. prix racing and the effect of

The summer film series is free trade upon the standard of

packed with showings on such living in four widely-different countries.

tourist attractions as Newfound- The free films are’ shown land and Fiji. Running a close Wednesdavs in PI45. 12: 15.

2 58 The CHEVRON A subscription fee included in their annual student fees entitles U of W students to receive the Chevron by mail during off-campus terms. Non-students: $4 annually. Authorised as second- class mail by the Post Office department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Send address changes promptly to: The Chevron, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.

The basketball backboards in the new athletic building and the maze of scaffolding being used to erect them combine to look like a giant jungle-grvm for the jocks to climb on.

-Bob Verdun, the Chevron

The federation’s budgeting expertise fell just short of stu- pendous in the- last fiscal year.

The federation went into the last year with a then-unknown debt which had accumulated in the previous two years. Through tight budget control, treasurer ,Ross McKenzie erased most of the $23,000 deficit.

.The federation fiscal year runs from May 1 to April 30, with council year running. from March. 1 to February 28. In February, ~ McKenzie made a forecast of expenditures to the end of April ‘68 so the new council would know what funds they would have in the budget.

At that time, McKenzie expected to erase the entire $23,000 deficit and come out an additional $4000 ahead.

However, new treasurer Joe Givens and business manager Pete Yates tallied the books at the end of May and found the projected expenditure estimate had been low, and the federa-

tion had only cut back by $22,000--$5000 less than anticipated. I

The budget for the current fiscal year was set in March with the anticipated surplus included. Student council meets next weekend and will have to reassess the budget.

There are two choices open. They could cut. $5000 in expenditures in the budget as it now stands, or take more. money from the summer term ‘69 fees.

The federation is currently in the process of moving summer fees into a more logical fiscal year--this term’s fees were spent in the last fiscal year. It is desired to have the summer ‘69 fees spent in the ‘69-‘70 year. .

Of the $19,000 expected for summer ‘69 fees, only $7000 has been budgeted to be spent in the current fiscal year. The federation executive plans to make the conversion in summer fees complete in next year’s budget.

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Regional centers force

cut in computer grCmt by Eleanor Peavoy Chevron staff

same reason that it’s difficult- every university would like a big computer center,” he said.

It’s a problem for the govern-

“If you were at would you want to have to send . your programs to Waterloo?”

The growth of Waterloo’s computing center will be slowed down. At present there are three large computers, the 360/75, the 360/44 in the math building and the PDP9 in the engineering centre which is used for research in graphics.

Much speculation followed Premier John Robarts’ announcement at the opening of the mathematics building that regional computer centers are to be es-

’ tablished throughout Ontario. Looking.past the vague optimism

of the premier’s official speech, the real story is less promising.

The department of university affairs and presidents of the provincially supported universities have decided to overturn the present system of financing computer development in Ontario.

That means grants to universities for autonomous computer centers will be phased out, to make way for ’ regional centers. In future, universities wishing to expand their own centers will have to buy facilities from the regional centers.

These centers will be independent of university control, run by boards representing the universities and the public interest. Industries and universities will be linked to the centers by remote input-output devices.

The first such center will be operational by September 1969. A fund of $3.6 million in the provincial budget has been set aside to build it.

Professor Wes Graham, director of Waterloo’s computing center, has been involved in these plans since late 1967. I He was asked if ,he, thought ’ Waterloo might become the .-first regional centre. ’

“I think it’s unlikely for the

ment to support one university more strongly than the others. The regional centers will likely be in cities where there are no universities.”

But Doug Wright, Waterloo’s former dean of engineering, has another. opinion. At the CUS seminar in Winnipeg expressed fears that individual university pride might cause trouble.

“What we may end up ‘-with is fourteen regional centers”, one at each university.”

The location of the first center will be decided this fall by the university presidents.

Waterloo will have fund-raising problems as a result of the shake-up. University treasurer Bruce Gellatly explained the details.

“Two years ago the university made a five-year commitment to IBM involving installments of roughly $750,000 a year to pay for the big 360/75. Up to now these payments have been covered by provincial grants.” he said.

Graham, while disappointed at the plunge in grants, was sympathetic with the government ,point of view. Ontario - , shouldn’t favor Waterloo, he said.

Since the grants have been cut, the university has to borrow $400,000 this year, with only the interest on it being covered by a grant. Financial arrangements for future installments have yet to be worked out.

W.estern,

The 75 on the main floor has a million bytes of memory. It is being used almost to capacity -350 hours a month, or over two shifts a day. ,

The smaller 44 is used only for sy ecial projects in experimen- tal control.

Also on the main floor of the math building computer pit is the 3660/20 which is now used only as a terminal to the 75.

On the second floor are the two older computers, the 1620 which has been here eight years, and the 7040. Both are being converted to terminals and will no longer be used for computing.

“At present most of the work in computing is done by graduates assisted by faculty. These advantages would not accrue to centers which are not at universities,” he said.

Graham regretted greater ex- pansion of computer facilities is not possible. He feels education and research in computer science is important and can _ only be done at universities. It is desirable for every university to have a computer cen- tcr-U. of T. would need two big computers to do all of its

jcbs, he said.

New residence $3 million cheaper Habitat ‘69, the new univer-

sity residence, will be cheaper to build than the Village even if it will cost the same to live there.

Savings of more than $3 million compared to Village costs were indicated in a contract awarded to Ellis-Don of London to build the 980 bed residence. ’ Total cost of the new residence is estimated at $4,750,000--an average cost of $4,870 per bed. The Village cost around $8000 a bed and residences at other universities have cost similar amounts .

The project is being financed by the Ontario student housing corporta tion, a provincial agency. It is arranging 50-year mortgages to cover the full cost of the residence.

The university will operate the

residence, but like the Village, Habitat will be self-supporting. Room rentals will cover both operating costs and mortgage payments.

The project was developed under the builder proposal tech- nique by OHSC. Under this method, the general concept of the project was presented to builders who were invited to submit designs and prices as a total package. Usually a project is designed and then sub- mitted to contractors on a ten- der basis.

A panel of university people and representatives of the OSHC judged the 12 design submissions and picked the Ellis-Don proposal as the most suitable in terms of design and price.

Double rooms will accommodate 720 men and 240 women. There

will also be 20 dons and two masters.

The project consists of two residence blocks in a series of L-shaped interconnected three- storey wings. Laurel Creek sepa- rates the two blocks. Each floor of each wing will contain 12 double rooms, a small lounge and central washroom facilities.

The. wings are arranged in four residence halls of 240 students each. There will be four small lounges, a large lounge and a large activity room for each residence hall. The three dining halls for the complex will be housed in a two-storey building located between the residence set tion s. This will include kitchen facilities, a lounge, tuck shop, administration offices and two -apartments for the masters.

Societies, federation agree on, compulsory fees “The societies should be autonomous

from the Federation of Students,” said federation president Brian Iler.

This was the result of Sunday’s meeting of representatives of the federation and the math, science and two engineering societies. Arts and grad societies were not represented.

The issue of autonomy caused little debate since the societies are financially independent and have been subject to token student council control.

Societies were defined as autonomous bodies in the federation providing activities for the benefit of their particular constituencies and responsible to them.

To formalize liaison with the federation, a committee of presidents was

recommended. It would consist of the federation president and each society nor s recently approved university collec- tion of the fees beginning in September.

The fee is $2.50 a year for arts, $3 a term for engineering and $1.50 a term for president. It WC ulc have no decision- making powers but could make recommendations to society or federation councils.

Another recommendation was that the federation extend to the societies the financial benefits of incorporation. The federation uculd assume formal responsibility for society debts. This would remove personal liability of the from society executives.

If the federation ever had to pay a society debt, the society would make arrangements for repayment.

The compulsory society fee was another important topic. The board of gover- math and science. No fee is being levied on graduate, phys-ed, architecture or church-college students. The grad society did not ask ‘for a fee and the other groups do not have societies.

The fees will be collected by the university and turned over to the federation for distribution to the societies.

Individual refunding of fees was a to- thy issue. The engineering, math and science societies have already agreed that any student may apply to the society for a fee refund. However, a recent memoran- dum from university treasurer Bruce Gellatly threatened cancellation of the fees if there was no refund provision. He indicated the faculty deans were very insistent on this point.

The society representatives agreed on the necessity of a refund provision but objected to university intervention in society affairs. Iler noted the board of governors had approved the fee with no conditions.

The society presidents decided to protest to their deans for interfering in society affairs. Iler was asked to express this opposition t.o the university administration.

The individual societies agreed to pub- licize and handle their own method of fee refunds.

The meeting also discussed methods of advancing academic reform in areas of democratic decision-making, openness and student representation on university committees, especially on the faculty level.

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Eyewitness report II:

Columbia ‘after bust: Liberufion classes by Cyril Levitt

I flashed a blue Columbia I.D. card and the guard waved me through the police lines. Luckily they weren’t checking the cards carefully for the name on my card was the same as the name on the card of my friend beside me.

We passed through the iron gates and ambled down the cobblestone walk under the shade of a cluster of trees bordering the path. Although it was only 8 a.m. there was activity all around us. Groups of students and faculty had gathered to discuss the happenings of the recent weeks.

We swung right and cut across the grass toward Ferris Booth Hall, the student union building the only occupied building not invaded by the police during the big bust. Perhaps the administration thought at least one building on campus belonged to the students to use as they saw fit.

We climbed two flights of stairs and proceeded down a corridor towards the central office. Entering the office, I saw many students displaying the scars of the police action. To them, the wounds represented a kind of badge of honor as well as a reminder of the power they were confronting.

For the next hour I tried to blend into the scenery, avoiding those students engaged in the organization of the strike. The phones were in constant use and the people in a state of perpetual motion.

My friend was attending a meeting of the people who had occupied Fayer- weather Hall for the week. Each building had organized into communes, modelled after the Paris commune of 1871. At this time, the communes were the focus of activity on campus since the administration had wisely declared that all classes and official events were to be cancelled. However, the communes only involved at best some 700 students.

A meeting of SDS was set for 10 am. to discuss ways of broadening the base of support for the strike to include as many students as possible.

In the assembly it was apparent that no one individual c,ould be singled out as the ultimate authority. Although Mark Rudd, the president of Students for a Democratic Society at Columbia, is well thought of by the membership, his role is one of a mediator as opposed to the singular charisma of the style of Mario Savio of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement.

Suggestions emanated from the floor and all resolutions were adopted unani- mously. The meeting decided to broaden the base of the strike by admit- ting one representative for every con- stituency of 70 to sit on the strike co- ordinating committee.

The meeting decided to organize liberation classes which would differ from

the regular classes normally conducted at the university in both form and content. The liberation classes were to deal with topics that had relevance to the lives of the students, who would determine the direction of the class in conjunction with the resource people there. All classes were to be held outdoors and the size of each was to be limited to 15 to 20. Anyone who wished to offer himself as a resource person on any topic was asked to come forward and information was distributed across the campus.

Later I attended one of the liberation classes on the nature of the university and society led by Eric Mann, the SDS organizer for the New England region. Mann is a graduate of Cornell and taught in the Newark Public School System until he was fired by the administration (amid protests from sympathetic students and their parents) for advocating a free style of teaching within the school.

The liberation classes were well attended. A major political realign- ment occurred in the students. Many students who were once good liberals developed a radical perspective. I saw some frat members running around the campus carrying petitions and sporting red armbands, signifying their support of those who had occupied the buildings.

The animosity resulting from the police raid led many thousands of students to ask larger questions concerning the university, American society and their own lives. These students began to see through the veil of legalistic liberalism into the power relationships and their pervasiveness in society.

There were many topics in the liberation classes. A course on Arabic Belly Dancing was offered along with the History of Buddhism, Beyond Guerrilla Theater, Radical Activist Social Science and Alienation from Hegel to Colum- bia. Discussions were heated and exciting. In most cases the resource person merely made himslef available for comment on technical points requiring some expertise on the questions at hand.

Students began to see that education didn’t mean formal, often boring lec- tures on remote and irrelevant topics spewing from the mouths and pens of pompous or patronizing professors whose impersonal outlook dampens the natural curiosity of many potential scholars.

Meanwhile the faculty had been generally slow in responding to the events of those two weeks. Basically, there were three currents of faculty opinion. The senior faculty, composed of those deans and department heads in administrative positions within the faculty community were strongly in support of the administration of the university. In fact, they were in constant touch with presi-

The math commune set up tents in front of the Columbia building and held liberation classes outdoors. The tents were later wrecked by members of the revived majority coalition in a sneak attack.

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The strike committee erected this sign just inside the main gate.

dent Grayson Kirk throughout the crisis period.

The second group of faculty, some several hundred, joined together in a group known as the ad-hoc faculty. They tended to be junior members with tenure and were concerned with con- demning the police action. They saw the issue as brutal cops versus gentle cops. They talked about university reform but their ideas remained abstrac- tions.

The third group consisted of radical faculty members drawn from the ranks of the junior faculty, many being without tenure. Some of them had joined the students in the occupation of the buildings and all were involved with the strike and liberation classes.

The girls at Barnard, the all-girls part of Columbia across the street, were particularly solid with the striking Columbia students. They were well organized and played an important role in the strike. In fact, due to pressure from the girls, all classes were cancelled for the rest of the school year and finals would be held later only covering material that was presented before the demonstrations.

The liberation classes grew tremen- dously. Every day a new calendar was issued listing the locations and the topics of the classes. A teach-in was held at the teachers’ college with Eric Mann, Eric Bentley and Margaret Meade.

A rumour had spread that Herbert Marcuse, the grand old man of the new left, was coming to speak. He didn’t show, but the excitement the rumour provoked was indicative of the students’ mood.

At Berkeley the students’ motto had been “I am a student. Do not fold, bend, spindle or mutilate me.” At Colum- bia however, the climate was reflected in the slogan “Up against the wall mother fuckers.” This slogan was bor- rowed from the black power movement and indicates a deep bitterness and hostility against those in authority. It was plastered on the walls of buildings and even on the jackets of some students.

A cartoon of Grayson Kirk in a com- promising situation, making some remark to Dave Truman the vicepresident of the university was reproduced by the thousands and was a very popular item.

Numerous other events took place during that two-week period including a concert in the middle of the campus by The Grateful Dead, and the showing of the movies taken in the occupied buildings and scenes of the police bust.

.During my last night at Columbia I talked with many of the SDS people concerning their strategy from that point. They said that the six demands of the strikers would have to be met and that amnesty for the demonstrators be given as a precondition to negotia-

This cartoon carried the caption: “Well Dave (Columbia vice president), I think I’ve seen the light. ”

-Gayson Kirk (Columbia president)

tions. Furthermore, the strike coordinat- ing committee was about to form a defense committee which would be responsible for protecting the strikers and communards from attacks from the newly-reconstituted majority coalition (MC). Two days earlier, a group of the MC had attacked the tents of the math commune, tearing them down and in- juring one of the communards who attempted to defend the tents.

Since I have left Columbia, I have seen reports of another and more vis- cious police attack where 608 were reported injured. It appears that the trouble started anew when the administration suspended Mark Rudd. Ap- parently the students were so angered that fires were set in the dormitories. At that point 1000 police moved into the campus and were met head-on by a wave of students, probably from the defense committee. The students decided that if they were to be beaten by the cops, they would not oblige them by lying back as in the last bust. They decided to fight.

This is only a guess about the events that occurred after I left. Friends at Columbia have had their hands full and haven’t communicated the day-to-day happenings. It is obvious however that the events at Columbia must be very carefully examined, for they can tell us much about direct confrontation with the power elites of the university. But we must also remember that the university is an integral part of our society as a whole-a society which is under the control of the same power elites.

Report on university relitions

community lo “A report on university relations” is

working paper on the in ternal relations and external image of the University of Waterloo. Prepared for operations vicepresident Al Adlington, coordination director Bert Barber and fund-drive vicechairman Harold Barbour by Brian ller and M’urray Davidson, the 43-page report is reprinted here in digest form.

University relations The University of Waterloo has made a

great impact on its home community. Yet, for an institution of its size and vigor, the university has failed to develop a warm loyalty or esprit de corps on a broad spectrum within its community.

The communications process within a university differs radically from that of a business or industry. Within the university there must be a high degree of freedom of expression. Decision-making is evolving into a broader based, more democratic process. Faculty members and students must be free to speak out on contemporary issues that concern them. These statements also reflect an image of the university. Encouraging this freedom, with its implicit responsibility, is also a communications function of university management.

Report was co-authored by Brian h’er, chairman of the highly successful Tenth Anniversary Week of last fall and now Federation of Students president, and Murray Davidson, former Waterloo student, public info director for the Tenth Anniversary Fund, now with development office.

The problems of a rapidly expanding internal structure, brought about a communications breakdown both in-ternally and externally which has led to many misunderstandings and rumors about university policies and finances which have yet to be effectively dispelled.

The image A positive image for any corporation

or institution today, seldom develops by chance. A cogent, comprehensive, well- articulated conception of the kind of image we want to present is the first requisite. The next step is to coordinate all of the different ways the institution speaks to its publics, which will then multiply their effectiveness and increase their efficiency.

External

academic standards the university must become more aggressive. We must not be content to recruit enough students to fill the available places. We must-encourage the best student, in terms of academic and overall potential, to want to come to the University of Waterloo. Our arts and science programs are suffering because they lack the co-op feature, or aggressive recruitment programs.

When asked to describe the University of Waterloo, the words we heard most often during our research were: big, growing, expensive, cold, scientific, isolated, terrific, fiscally irresponsible, top-drawer, ivory tower, impersonal, worthwhile. None of those interviewed in the community offered any evidence of an awareness of the substantive nature of university academic and community programs and research. Without excep- tion all listed their primary source of information about the university as personal contact with university people- faculty and staff. Many expressed the desire for some contact with students.

In summary, the general external image of the university in the Twin Cities is that of a big, growing institution, which spends huge sums of money, not all of it wisely. There is little or no awareness of community programs such as those offered by the extension department or creative arts board. Several expressed concern over the amount of research conducted at the university, its relevance and how the research emphasis affected teaching. Many expressed a personal or business desire to obtain a greater use of the benefits they felt the university could offer but at the same time they felt a certain undefinable distance between themselves and the university. There was no awareness of student attitudes, activities or goals except in the stereotyped pejorative terms.

“We know not all students take LSD or smoke pot or get into trbuble, but they are the only ones we hear about.”

Open-house, and the chart talks, either at on-campus luncheons or to service clubs were the next highest rated sources of information. The mass media was

’ at best a secondary source for all. When asked to recall items in the media, those making a specific reference mentioned stories on dollars asked for, spent or raised: or the addition of new buildings and equipment. While the prime source of information for those interviewed was personal contact, none remembered re- ceiving information about university people through the mass media.

The university’s own publications make little impact. Representative comments on the Quarterly were:

“It looks nice, but I don’t read it.” Press people reported their best sources

of leads for stories were the Gazette, an internal publication, and the Chevron. Both provided facts and insights not supplied by the University’s publicity service.

Outside of the successful high school day during open-house. and the energetic recruitment programs conducted by the faculty of mathematics. our relations with Ontario high schools have been, at best, average. In the past the university has been successful in recruiting top students through its large scholarship program, no longer available and through the uniqueness of its cooperative programs. TO maintain and further develop its

We found a very highly-developed aware ness of the positive image Waterloo Lutheran University attempts to project. Many of those interviewed described that institution in warm terms that echoed WLU literature-small, personalized edu-

cation in a Christian environment. Even when talking about the University of Waterloo open-house, many ‘referred to it as parents day or family day, two annual events at WLU. In short, WLU has undoubtedly succeeded in firmly estab- lishing its desired image.

On the other hand, when discussing the University of Waterloo there was far less sense of warmth or personal attach- ment to the institution. Or, as one man very colorfully phrased it, “You’ve got the moat, when are you going to build the drawbridge? ” Internal

The most effective campus-wide communications device is the Chevron. It is read by virtually everyone within the university to some degree. The university is, indeed, fortunate that it has had a generally responsible student newspaper in recent years. The official administration publications, the Gazette, the Quarterly and the weekly events bulletin, do not receive anywhere near the attention accorded the Chevron. However, even among notoriously anti-administration faculty members, the Gazette was not specifically referred to as “a tool of the administration.“.

Feedback following the recent series of chart talks to staff personnel as part

yalty for

of the information program for the Tenth Anniversary fund seems to indicate that for some time there has been a strong but suppressed need on the part of junior and middle level staff people for an overview of where the university was and where it was going in terms of physical and. academic development. These ses- sions repeatedly dealt with two items which were of concern to staff people who felt they had never received a satisfactory explanation-the parking fee and the ring road. The manner in which the implementation of each was communicated to university faculty, staff and students has left a latent hostility in many areas.

Those at the upper levels of university administration have a well developed sense of purpose and motivation in the long-term goals of the university. Unfort- unately, however, a great many of the people at the upper levels have not manifest- ed this attitude in effective communication to those at lower levels for whom they are responsible. We found a number of people at middle levels with an intense affection for the university, but an overriding sense of frustration at what they considered a highly proprietary attitude held by some senior staff personnel who are unwilling to share the destiny of the university with others.

The lack until recently of a’ training or orientation program for new employees has also been a detriment to widespread understanding. Many females who have joined the staff during the past few years, and have had to rely on more senior

UniWut female personnel (in terms of service) for ‘instructions on who to call or what form to fill out, have reported unnerving or humiliating experiences by those who lit- erally “know everybody”.

As the university has grown, students have become increasingly alienated from faculty and administration. The feeling of “what can I do about my course, I’m only one in 7,OOO?” is widespread. Two factors contributing to this feeling have been a tense, almost hostile atmosphere in the registrar’s office that begins right in the reception area; and a reluctance by too many faculty members to discuss course content with concerned students. While the computerization of timetabling procedures will, no doubt, produce many efficiencies, it may also compound the alienation felt because of the present depersonalization.

The trend to increased participation in university decision-making bodies by students is encouraging. There is a widespread feeling that the moves in this direction have resulted from a fear of potential student disturbances, rather than a genuine desire toward developing meaningful dialog. Too many faculty men bers seclude themselves in their lounges, feeling it is beneath their dignity to talk with students, who are unknowledgeable; and staff, who are inferior. A faculty club will hardly improve this situation.

Probably the highest level of student- staff-faculty relationships exists at the social level between junior female employ ees and students, or the many university people who rent a room to a student. Generally, students do not feel that they are an integral part of the University of Waterloo. Nor do they have any awareness of the university’s long-term goals.

A similar feeling of isolation from the mainstream of the campus is held by many officials associated with the church colleges. One man compared the church colleges and the university of Waterloo to Canada in relation to the United States. Church college officials are also concerned with what they feel is a tend- ency by those associated with the rest of the university, and those in the general community, to lump all of them together. Each is attempting to develop their own meaningful programs, not just in teaching, but in social, religious and other environmental relationships. However, very few people are aware of these differences and the uniqueness of each. Church college officials also expressed a reluctance to use university administrative services both from a cost and efficiency point of view.

The board of governors is discussed here as part of internal relations, although they also form one of the most important external links. Very few members of the present board are- known to most members of the staff, students or faculty. They are seen as representing an isolated,

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The university’s own publications make little impact on the community, the report finds. An analysis of readership, better-written press releases and the development of audio-visual aids and use of electronic media to tell the university’s story are suggested.

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Vust u’ hell.uvci lot of buildings, p closed, almost secret society, that has tremendous potential power in university s decision-making. They are not seen as taking an active or interested part in much of university life. This failure to actively discharge their responsibilities as board members is exemplified in other areas as well, \most critically in fundrai- sing. It isa weakness the university cannot afford.

pattern was changed overnight without Waterloo. -A modern information services function cannot be secure if its existence consists of press releases and inches in a clipping book.

Internally we met a lack of confidence in information-services. Many faculty

. members, church college officials and student groups, among others, do not seek the- professional counsel that should be available to assist in making some of the university3 many publics aware of events that are happening on campus.

Press releases prepared for the media are often badly written or are not sensi- tive to the implications of the story itself. Two items are cited here as examples: the release on the computer run process control operation for Polymer Corporation in Sarnia developed a negative attitude toward the university with many people in that area who felt the University was going to run the whole plant by remote control automation which would mean

’ alossofjobs. I . A story on the school of optometry

survey on vision needs of residents of the unnyside Home for the Aged was

$h good uman interest and noted university public service. However, the third paragraph ofthe release began:

Council grants for engineering researc during the past year, the university i

-not on the NRC list of universities whit foreign dignitaries and academics ar encouraged to visit.

Analysis Faculty

We heard absolutely no critical comment in the community on any stand taken by faculty member,s, either individ- ually or collectively, on contemporary issues. Many of our respondents praised the active participation of- some professors, and expressed the wish that many more -would involve themselves in community activities-beyond the university. The editor of the daily newspaper noted with surprise and dismay that the letters to the editor section received very few

_ contributions from faculty members. Other media people stated a similar desire for contributions from faculty, and wished to avail themselves of professor’s knowledge as resource personnel on a variety of subjects. However, they lamented that they were unable to develop an approach that might overcome academic mistrust of the mass media.

The internal faculty-student communication problems were not examined in detail, other than our previously noted comments, as this is under study by an ad hoc committee appointed by the president: Faculty-administration relationships vary by faculties, departments and individuals. It is no secret, however,

that the strongest anti-administration feeling is found in the arts faculty. Professors have been known to use a

/ good portion of lecture time with tirades against what they consider to be the un- necessary bureaucracy. Students, with their limited contact with the .administration, not all of it favorable (i.e.- parking fines, registrar’s office), are often inclined to accept much of this criticism without question. Physical-plant and plannir’ig . L

Internally it is easily the most criticized department. PP and P is accused of arrogance, stupidity’, bad planning and wasting money. One example often referred to 4s the way the ring-road was implemented.

Bill to b ban heads Physical-plant and planning, “easily the most criticized university department. ”

For months, and even years, people approached the campus driving east or west along University Avenue, then turning into the road that led them to their parking lot or building. Suddenly, these entrances are barricaded. No announcement was made that these routes were to be closed and a new traffic

. control system implemented. This caused confusion for almost all, and vexation, even anger for many. How much work time was lost because of this communica-

“tions failure cannot be calculated. The university often refers to itself as a city within a city, and yet its entire traffic

announcement! Additional confusion was caused in ,the

community by this change. Many visitors arrive by taxi. With a campus of (then) unmarked buildings, the new road system meant total confusion for cab drivers

-who had never been provided with guide maps to’that date.

The reason itself for implementing the ring-road system would have matie a good news story-both internaliy and externally. Combined with a map to illus- trate the- new traffic pattern, it would have been most informative. Nothing was done.

Although PP and P is only partially involved, a lack of coordination has meant the university continues to supply directional maps which are incomplete and misleading. If we cannot produce a simple map to accurately guide people around our campus, how capable are we in our major responsibilities of teaching and research?

The recent- addition of illuminated building signs and directional guide posts are a most welcome improvement, and- will make the profusion of visiting “lost souls” virtually a thing of the past.

Physical plant and planning is a constant source of’ irritation for other departments. Work request estimates are invariably inaccurate in relation to final costs, thereby causing budgeting problems.’ Both the Federation of Students . and the church colleges, which operate with independent sources of income, were particularly vexed. To many academic departments, who have experienced tight budgeting, the proliferation of expensive machinery much of it often seen lying idle has raised honest questions of dollar priorities, expense justification and fiscal responsibility. A’ similar corn-- plaint was raised by several businessmen.

Fund-raising ’ In addition to the many millions re-

quired for capital development, lthe university needs bursaries, scholarships, endowment, wills and bequests, awards and prizes. The generosity of citizens to support such programs is directly re- lated to their perception of the university’s image and its need. To this end, a more effective university relations program that develops a warmer feeling toward the University of Waterloo will generate such gifts. An active role by the board of governors is necessary.

High school recruitment The university’s rep’ttation among

many high school students and teachers as a young, dynamic institution with a bright, aggressive faculty has been developed primarily by the reputation of the cooperative programs, and the active recruitment conducted by the mathematics faculty. Unfortunately, much of the rest of our high school recruitment program falls into a duller, more tra- ditional approach. ’

More coordination and cooperation are necessary between faculties, schools and the registrar’s office on high school recruitment. The present activity often leads to a duplication of effort in some areas, and no effort at all in others.

When university officials present their story to prospective students, they should attempt-to give them a glimpse of the kind of approach taken toward teaching

’ at Waterloo through the use of audio- visual aids, such as rear-screen pro- jection for slides, overhead projectors, or increasingly in the future, videotape. The use of modern media techniques in high school recruitment is long overdue.

Information services This lack of effective use of the

Potential of audio-visual aids and the electronic media, is a chief criticism of the present performance of the information services department. All three men in the department are print-trained and oriented, either daily, trade or periodical press. There is no one with sufficient experience in broadcasting, either radio or television ; in visuals, either films, slides or graphics; and presentation development, speech writing and public speaking. This lack of diversity in personnel inhibits the development of a communications program with the broad scope necessary today to effectively tell the story of the university of

t ‘The survey will include almost all residents (a few are extremely senile or feeble and for all practical purposes beyond help) .” A more cold, heartless statement would be hard to imagine. Naturally, it was deleted from stories in the press; but it confirmed recipients of the release in their opinion-the Univer- sity of Waterloo is a cold, unfeeling, bricks and mortar, dollars and cents institution without a soul?

The university receives quite good coverage and acceptance in the special- ized trade and business publications which reach selective, but limited publics.

Audio and video tapes for actuality impact of important stories should be provided to broadcasting outlets. They will return them after use. Information on student activities of interest to the general public is sorely lacking. More effort is needed in this .area, for it is. important in town-grown relationships, particularly off-campus housing.

Genasys, which is a responsibility of information-services, still appears to be a

’ long way from efficiency. During the most recent mailing of the Quarterly

xmultiple copies were again received by scores of people who have more than one reference within the addressing system. Such duplication is not only costly and unncessary, but it reflects negatively on the university.

Library Generally praised as being courteous

and helpful by faculty, staff and stub ents. Main criticism of the library has come‘from its attitude toward the general public on occasion. While the university’s first concern must be to provide library services to those on campus, as a public institution it has a responsibility to provide some type of reasonable access to its recources-at least for use within the library itself. At the present time many important publics feel excluded- particularly future students, secondary and elementary school teachers. ’ ,

Off-campus housing This office, often the first contact a

student has with the university upon ar- rival, has come under some fire from students in the past few years. First, it is remotely located, on the seventh floor of the Library-an especially difficult location for new students. (A sign opposite the elevator on the sixth floor is a minimum requisite.)

First impressions are important, and can often create an attitude in students which persists throughout their university life. Unfortunately, this office is remembered by students for its impersonal and condescending attitude.

. Since the off-campus office is the only direct contact many local citizens have with the university, it is important that the relationship be favourable. At present, not even a brief thank-you note on behalf of the university is sent out to home- owners accepting students.

Government relations The university is now well known at

the national level. One professor reported that although the University of Waterloo received 1/4 of all National Research

Relationships with the provincial goveri ment are more formal and complex and not really within our sphere of compe tcnce to comment upon. However, on senior government spokesman whel discussing the University of Waterloo commented “they’ve done a fine job ii a short time”.

At the municipal level there is an anta gonism between some members of staf at both city halls and university officials Several Waterloo civic officials felt tht university was petty, self-righteous ant unnecessarily difficult in its dealings with the city. The attitude of elected of. ficials of both cities varies widely wit1 each individual, but almost all I lack a participatory interest and commitment to the university.

Staff ‘A surprisingly large number of talented

people at the middle staff levels are looking around for opportunities outside the university. It would be a serious loss to the university if any sizable percentage of this group decided to leave within the next few months.

We also encountered complaints about the difficulty of staff personnel reporting

i to non-administrative minded faculty members. With staff scattered throughout almost all buildings, it is under- standably difficult to develop a uniform campus-wide morale. Care must be taken to prevent staff from feeling that they are unimportant, replaceable cogs in the great- university- machine. -

- Edith Beausoleil’s housing office comes under fire for its 3mpersonal and condescending attitude. ”

Graphics One of the most repeated comments

concerned the favorable appearance of university publications. The clean, contemporary, and yet inexpensive designs developed by the university graphics de- signer, George Roth have provided a coordination of visual images in many printed materials; But not all departments within the university use this service. They produce their own booklets and brochures with uneven results.

Ancillary enterprises Little complaint has been heard regard-

ing the bookstore since the lowering of text book prices. The staff are considered friendly and helpful. Food-services is another area of operation which makes an impression on campus visitors, as well as faculty, staff and students. Here too the basic reaction is favourable. In- creased and efficient facilities have undoubtedly helped the staff do a better job, and appreciation was expressed by

*many. Security

The student attitude toward the campus security force probably lies somewhere between the Chevron view and indifference. Within the community, however, we were asked how the university ’ justifies a police force half as large as that of the city of Waterloo.

6 62 The CHEVRON

>ple and money”-- conimon view

‘he student attitude toward the security force lies somewhere between T Chevron view and indifference,” says the report. Size of the force and rking regulations are still questioned, but improvements are noted. he information booth at the main ?PUs entrance, staffed by a security icer, is a valuable addition. he current drive to ticket all illegally ked cars has again raised the question temporary parking areas, with per- s 15 minute meters, an option I would improve r&lations between

security force and the rest of the opus community.

ta processing ne paradox of the university that 3 more teaching and research in lputer science being unable to prop-

produce student directory address 3 or simple fund-raising progress re- ;s causes disbelief and dismay. While university has every reason to be

Id of the public recognition it has ?ived for its pioneering work in- lputer science, it may receive more thwhile appreciation internally by leering the elimination of these jnically occurring faux-pas.

native arts le-majority of the people in the com- ity interviewed. were totally unaware he scope of creative-arts activity. were surprised to learn that the

or financial support came from the oration of Students. A broader ?re of community awareness of the tive-arts programs, and the subse- It participation and support this reness would generate is necessary ie university is to fill its role as a ing cultural innovator within the munity. jistrar’s off ice uch of the student unrest prevalent ughout the country is rooted in rigs of alienation-both with society, with universities. The registrar’s of-

for some years, has been viewed :t d , u ents and faculty members as an :ious, impersonal bureaucracy. Stud- council has registered bfficial com- nts in the past about the manner stud- inquiries were handled. Recently the ication forms for the Village and -ch college residences were sent to ;pective freshmen with the notation 1st be returned by February 28” the forms themselves were not avail- I until after that date. When comparing acknowledgement to their letter of

iiry sent by the University of Waterloo 1 those of other universities, prospec-

students reported they got-the defin- impression we did not care whether 1 came or not. Many local students of llarship calibre, said they were going #where because this impersonal con-

along with the attitude of their ;hers, and their perception of the era1 community feeling toward the rersity left them the distinct impres- I that it was a cold, impersonal place. deni affairs Iresent there are no formal avenues evelop meaningful relationships be- tn the student body and the commun-

ity. Most respondents had no awareness of the current tenor of student feelings toward society, particularly the reason for protests or demonstrations. Many, however, expressed a desire for closer contact. For businessmen part of this desire is in their own self-interest-they want to find out why many students have anti-business attitudes. Perhaps the time is ripe for the university to encourage the reactivation of a more meaningful form of the defunct “Town and Gown” committee.

The Federation of Students has not made public relations with the community a major priority, primarily because of a shortage of manpower, and the need to concentrate attention on more essential internal areas. Periodcially, the Chevron has considered extending its circulation to the general public to provide a student view. It is generally agreed, however, that the Chevron in its present form would

, not fill this function satisfactorily. - Persons not fully conversant with the total university picture may get a dis- torted impression from casual observa- tion of the Chevron. This concern for a wider circulation of the student views illustrates both a desire for better communication with the community, and a feeling that the university administration is not of assistance to them in this regard. The Federation of Students free high school tutoring program, potentially a pr gem, has never really got off the ground. It is virtually unknown in the high schools. As students play an increasingly more involved role within the university they must also become a part of the university’s external relations.

recommendations There are many justifications for the

need to expand and up-grade the university’s public relations programs. During the next fiscal year the, university will receive from the province for operating grants alone a sum equal to almost $3.00 per man, woman and child in Ontario. Capital outlays raise the

investment of each individual in the University of Waterloo even higher. In return , the university has a responsibility and an obligation to inform all of its publics what is going on, what they are getting for their money.

One can also justify an improved effort in public relations on more pragmatic or materialistic grounds. As mentioned earlier, the positive benefits from the myth of the good image are immeasur- able. Such areas as off-campus student housing, municipal government relations, recruitment of non-teaching or professional staff, are dependent upon the cooperation and encouragement of the local community. But this attitude does not arise on its own. The university must initiate the programs, and work very hard to elicit the desired response.

As other universities develop cooperative programs, competition for work-term employment will arise. Our

relationships with industry must be kept strong.‘ This has benefits in graduate placement too. The value of the university to industry, not just as a training and re-training ground, and as a research center, must also ‘be emphasized; particularly as long as universities are very dependent upon this segment of the community for capital support dollars.

None of these remarks should be taken to imply that we advocate developing

a public relations policy for its saleable value to the various publics, and then devising the academic programs neces-

sary to make the public relations policy work. On the contrary, we believe that it is the responsibility of the senate and the faculties to determine academic policy and programs. The job of the university relations program is to communicate these decisions to the publics so that they are understood and apprecia- ted.

General reorganization The structure recommended for adop-

tion consists of two parts-a man and a committee.

Ideally the man charged with the administrative responsibility for university relations should be a vice president function- ing within the decision-making councils of the university, or a special assistant to the president. The position would entail the administration, coordination and direction of activity within the sphere of university relations-information services, high school relations, extension and continving education programs, creative- arts activities, development and fund-raising, alumni, government relations at all levels, liaison with student affairs.

An active standing committee on university relations can serve many valuable functions. It can perform as a sensitizing body-perhaps as a kind of ombudsman- for situations that may develop on campus that could become problems in internal and external relations if not rectified. To

. that end, through its chairman, the committee would have powers of referral. The committee, undoubtedly, could serve as a communications channel in the opposite direction helping to develop better methods of informing all areas of the campus communit5y.

The University does not appear to have enunciated any statement of its philosophy that has made any discernible impression on the well informed local citizens interviewed. Before a mean- ongful public relations program can be developed, the university must be clear on what it really wants to say, what image it wants to project.

Open House The Tenth Anniversary open-house in

October, 1967 was the university’s singu- larly most successful vbnture in community relations.

One of the most expressed feelings about the university was that it was a remote place, both physically and sensi- tively. Most citizens have the idea visitors are not wanted on campus. Tied in with a generally more effective university relations program, future open-houses can do a great deal to remove this miscon- ception, and to communicate the concepts, ideas, and activities of the university to an increasingly more involved community. Open-house must be continued.

Reception within the university community was as enthusiastic as that experienced outside. For the first time hundreds of staff people visited buildings other than those involved with their jobs. The tremendous cooperation given to last year’s committee should, by all indications, be available again in the future.

During the intervening years, minor open-hou ses would have considerable * merit.

High school day, part of last year’s open-house, should be an annual event.

Speakers bureau A permanent speakers bureau is need-

ed that would maintain regular up-to-date lists of the executives of all area service clubs and community organizations; and a comprehensive list of all faculty, staff and students interested in speaking on subjects of special interest to them. Television communication

As the university expands it becomes increasingly difficult to communicate

effectively the wide variety of meetings, special events, and other information that 3 happening campus generates, some of it on short notice. We recommend that a feasibility study be made on using one of the channels in the university’s closed circuit television system as a kind of perpetual billboard. TV sets could be located in the campus center, the Village, several other key locations of population concentration. and in the future administration building. Items such as class cancellations or change of room, daily events. etc. could be communicated instantly with such a system. It is time to get information not just from paper but from the electronic media.

Annual reports

Persoial annual reports, such as those used in the flip-chart fund-raising talks, should be continued to key people in a variety of the university’s publics. These reports, while using visual aids, should attempt to be interpretative as well as statistical. A concise copy of the sub- stance of the personal talk should be available for distribution after each presentation.

Convocation Of prime importance at convocation

are the graduates, their parents, wives and immediate family. Such occurrences as parents having to watch their child’s graduation on closed circuit television is . one use of the media that should not happen. Some investigation should be given to adding a little more showmanship and staging to convocation.

Openness

We have alluded to the lack of reliable information on the directions the university is taking as an integral factor in the problem of poor relations, and often mistrust of administrative decisions. University of Waterloo is a public trust. Secret decision-making by absentee pro- prietors who have little relationship to the spirit of the campus in all its areas is undesirable. It is not within the frame of reference of this report to comment on - the mechanics of university government. Regardless of who is ultimately responsible for final decisions, however, they must experience something more than token involvement to adequately understand what they govern.

Meetings of the board of governors and the senate should be open to observers and the press. Confidential or difficult matters only should be left to the privacy of committee. At the very least, members of the board of governors should hold periodic open forums, and become a visible presence on campus, and vocal supporters of the university within the community.

Accessibility

We are advocating that university officials, president, vicepresidents, deans, etc. regularly block off in their calendar times when they will sit in the coffee shops, or the campus center, or stroll around the campus with no particular destination in mind, or leave their office door open to anyone who wants to drop in. On a campus of 7000 students it is unrealistic to think the president could know every student, or even ten percent of the students, on a first name basis. But a good percentage of the students (and staff -and faculty too) would like to at least recognize their seniors when they see them

Conclusions The scope of university relations is

as broad as the university itself. The relationship of the university to its many publics is one of constantly changing interpretation. It is aimed at specific objectives-fund-raising, high school recruitment, open-house. It is the attempt to assert the intellectual leadership of the university in the community; it is the continuing contribution to the total community, socially, intellectually, culturally, and economically. It is all of these things. It is not, as more than one professional man described it, “just a helluva lot of buildings, people and money. ”

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At Renison Co//ege

. ,Foreign~students;struggle With _’ by Mary .Hamlin are labored and not always

forthcoming. I’ll give you two minutes to look at this, then I want each of you to think of a sentence to describe it”.

The young Canadian teacher’ s holds up a picture of an Indian

warrior brave in colourful garb, -seemingly occupied in a war dance or some other strenuous .exerci se. He has a gyrating hoop or. ring around one leg.

“He looks like my friend”, comes the first tentative of- fering.

- “He plays the hula hoop”.

The scene is one of the classes of the English language seminar being held in Renison College during, May and June.

The more than 40 students participating have been divided into four classes according to their fluency in English.

This class needs the most attention and the students are encouraged to speak out on simple topics.

After a short .discussion on vocabulary associated with hos- nitals and illnesses. the class

“I think he wears orange was asked to write a short trousers but I have not got my... their my...my..” (gesture to eyes to

composition explaining

indicate spectacles), explains a symptoms to a,doctor. This was

_ ’ pretty Vietnamese girl. ’ ’ obviously not a popular request because a few students looked

After correcting the grammar blankly at each other and ’ in these sentences, the students one complained that he was not

are asked to incorporate the ready to write and wanted words ‘snow’ and ‘bird’ in fur- further discussion. ther sentences. The answers Students today prefer to learn

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a new language by speech rather than by reading and writing. As with young children learning to speak, the reading and writing can wait.

Many students in language courses at university level complain about the lack of emphasis on’ actual speaking and discussion, in the foreign tongue, and feel inhibited when they travel, not being able to use their hard-earned vocabulary in simple conversation.

One girl from Thailand complained that she was not given enough assistance in the language laboratory and that she recitt d the words without knowing whether she pronounced them correctly or not. She added that six weeks were not enough in which to improve her .English noticeably before returning to McGill University.

Another Thai student put most of the blame on the students themselves. He explained that they gravitate to their own ethnic groups and as soon as classes. are over, can be heard talking to each other in their own languages.

Professor Harry Tuyn, director of the seminar classes, agreed that this is a major handicap in the student’s development. He has taught English to foreign students for twenty- five years, mainly in England and has used a system where any student caught talking in the corridors in a language

.other than English was- fined a shilling. This did have some effect since- it hit the students where it hurt most. The proceeds went towards a party at the end of the course.

There were also a number of positive responses from the students. The most . advanced class was struggling with the subtle differences between “It might have rained” and It could have rained” or “What do we do now” and “What shall we do now”. The discussion was carried on earnestly as they left the classroom.

Father Bill Townson of Renison was appointed “the students’ friend” and has organized evening activities including volley- ball, soccer and a twenty-questions pr.ogram. He was pleased with a sing-song evening when Vietnamese songs were attempted

Excursions to Niagara, Brant- ford, the Lake Huron coast, Stratford and the Kitchener- Waterloo area are guided by Canadian students. . In all, the six-week program is aimed at fitting in as much activity as possible outside of the classes and language lab, while leaving sometime for each student’s own interests.

Africa with one, each from - Korea, Persia and Japan. Most came to Canada because they were fluent in French but were

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While some are eager to avail themselves of the advantages of learning another language, others appear to regard the seminar as a paid holiday. y

Fees ‘for the seminar amount to $335 but most students have come to Canada on scholarships and grants such as the Colombo Plan and have had their seminar fees paid as a necessary aid to their education.

council weekend Student council holds its first

unstructured meeting of the year next weekend in the campus center, starting at 1 pm Satur- day.

Council members face a packed agenda after almost two months away from federation business. Summer meetings were instituted by last year’s council and proved highly successful in continuing the’ momentum started in the March and April meetings and in planning programs for the fall and winter.

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The ability to psych out OP- the psychology grads is not ponents in any sporting event known. What is known is that has been said to be half the they are on top of the in- game, especially in the case tramural softball league with 11-7 of one Muhammad Ali-or is it and 11-O victories over Eng. Cassius Clay ? It would follow rads and Pritchards respectively.

ing Abex 6-2.

Flustered in first inning

Warriors lose to OAS The improved fastball Warriors field quickly suppressed any fur- Doug Irving’s pitching was

got off to a bad start Wednes- ther scoring attempts. near faultless, as he main- day night and took a 6-2 loss The opposition’s five runs tained good speed and control at the hands of Office Auxiliary came after they had two men throughout the game. Generally, Service (OAS ), the top team in out and three on base. Three the pitching and fielding of the league. Two disputed calls quick singles, two of them dis- both - teams- was so good that by the base umpire in the puted at the bag, brought four neither managed a hit in the bottom of the first inning mo- runs in. The fifth materialized third and fourth innings. mentarily flustered the Warriors, when a runner on third stole and they gave up five runs in home before the Warriors could In the fifth frame, OAC drove

this frame. . reorganize themselves. Play in a run to increase their lead

The University squad had became closer as both teams to 6-l. Doug Irving promptly

just taken a short-lived 1-O warmed up despite the cold struck out the next two bat-

lead their first time at bat, wind. ters to retire the side.

when powerful left fielder Lorne In the second inning each Capitalizing on a single in Johnson, playing his second squad went down three in a the sixth inning, Ron Nichols game as a Warrior, hit a row, with Warriors’ Ron Nichols stole two bases and slid home single with the bases loaded on making a fast double play from on an overthrow, making the walks. The efficient OAC in- his shortstop position. score 6-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..~........................................ ~~.~.~......~.....~.....~..~..~..~.....~..~~~...~.~.~....~................................. ‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.’.’.’.’.~,’.’.’. ._. ._._._._.-. , _._.~._._._._._._._.~.~._._._.~.~.~.~.~.~. . , . . . l , . . . . . , , . . * . . , . . l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -.-::: *:::. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~.~.~.*.*.,.~.~.~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications between the

student body and the intramural department is a chronic problem. Small notices on in- conspicuous bulletin boards and plugs from sports pages have been the only media telling of the availability of participation sports to students.

Intramural participation has been limited to a diehard group. Admittedly, it has improved yearly but not proportionally to the increased student enroll- ment.

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This lack of communication is partially the athletic administration’s fault. The swamping of intramural bulletins in the phv-

Honda for sale ads shouldn’t happen.

The major problem, however, lies in the campus’ disunity, the distance of of Seagram gym from the campus, and the lack of facilities at the gym.

If there is no incenture, the mass concentration of students d.esirable for advertise-

Who wants to go over to Sea- gram to play basketball for half an hour when it takes

ment is not there.

just as much time to walk over there? And, even if one doesn’t mind walking, the gym is rarely available during the fall and winter terms.

comes in. If people aren’t around they’re not going to know what is going on. If they are around, then their attention should be attracted by something more than a blue sheet of paper among a

dozen other ads. Fortunately, the new physed

building will remedy this situation. More facilities will be available for more people in a central location.

This advantage should not be wasted. Large, colorf ul bulletin boards with separate areas fcr varsity and intramural sports should be made available there.

Existing boards should be enlarged so that more students

This is where communication can see what is available

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then, that people who dabble in psychology would be more Second place is shared by

inclined to psych out their Eng. grads, Math 2B, Phys.

opponents and so be more suc- Ed. and St. Paul?. cessful. Architecture, the Gold$ and

Whether psychic ability or Pritchards occupy bottom spot good baseball was used by with O-2 won-lost records.

Larsen pulls though Axe1 Larsen made it through The tournament was sche-

a final three man round robin duled for Monday and Tuesday, set to take an intramural tennis but owing to the small turnout tournament last Monday. Lar- it was cut to the One day. sen, a member of last year’s intercollegiate tennis squad, de- Lack of communication with feated-Bert Chan and Pete Fox by identical 6-2 scores. Chan

zduz-iddent body as we11 as the summer enrollmen’t

took the runner-up position by were blamed for the small num- beating Fox 6-l. ber of entries.

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Rouah D/W ends match Rough play in the second

half ended a Warrior-Abex soccer match with 30 minutes left Monday night.

The referee’s decision to call the game came when Warrior ‘Paddy’ McEvoy and an Abex halfback jostled each other and traded words. Warriors were leading industrial soccer league game 6-2. This was the culmina- tion of several events that are not common in North American or European soccer.

scoring when Tony Bachler took

Abex protested vehemently but got nowhere as the conversation lapsed into German, which the referee couldn’t understand.

In the first half both sides were warned if rough play per- sisted the game would be called.

The decision was as unpopular with fans as the players. The general concensus was that the referee should have ejected the offending players.

The Warriors opened the

a Reed rebound off the crossbar and put it behind the surprised Abex goaltender.

Abex tied the game several minutes later, but the Warriors regained the lead as DeSilva netted a goal before the end of the half.

In the second half center forward Dave Day took a pass from DeSilva, who had muscled through three Abex defenders, to beat the Abex goaler on a clear shot from about 15 years out.

DeSilva was hurt late in the game and it is not known, whether he will play the next game.

league officials.

The winner of the game is still in doubt. The rules state that if a game is called within 37 minutes of its completion it shall be awarded to the team in the lead provided that it ‘is not penalized for the termina- tion. The decision rests with

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Why not? I don’t 1 : see anything

wrong with it. It’s only a word.

No. The Chevron is too widely read outside the university and we have to protect our image.

Yes, I don’t believe in censors- ship. /

No. They’re ok’ in speech but I don’t like it in print.

Bill Clayton ’ chemistry 1 B

No, I don’t like swearing. It looks like hell.

Maureen Pratchett math 1B

If it fits the con- text, why not?

Werner Hartel chemical 2B

I have no objec- tions as long as you’re not using them just for the sake. of using them.

Barbara Cline chemistry 2A

I couldn’t care less, really.

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The past few weeks have been rather eventful on the international and local newsfronts. Ru- mour has it that the poor postal ,employees in Ottawa are getting overburdened with campaign leaflets to deliver in addition to all the propaganda being sent out by the members of the present house who are hoping to retain their $18,000 + incident- als a year job in their O.H.M.S. governmental brown envelopes.

Never could understand why their envelopes weren’t squeusch- coloured anyway but some day they too will be caught up in the psychedelic craze that is now sweeping the more conservative older generation.

Anyway. these postal authori- ties are getting a little fed up (in Snu Pee dialect-piddled off) and they have decided that the efficient method to get their way is by a full-scale slowdown if that’s possible. By the way, are the campus correspondence carriers consolidated compatriots members of the Canadian bro- therhood of postal carriers associated association?

ADVICE. TO THE FOURTH FLOOR-don’t get too concerned about the possible side effects of the world-wide student revolution that hasn’t hit U’loo yet because your greatest threat lies on the ground floor of your ivory tower (or birthday cake which ever suits your fancy)-that’s where the campus mailroom is.

SOLUTION-to be used by the fourth floor only-surprise the en- emy with great concessions and set an example to be followed by those in the greatest of the great doghouses on top of yonder Par- liament Hill beside the great monumental edif ice to Capitalist Party of Canada. the Mint (no. no Charlie. it’s not like the Gin- gerbread House! )

And everyone has the nerve to

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complain about the waste of good personel being used to guard and protect the candidates for the position of chief beaurocrat in the Dominion of Canada before the showdown.. . . ‘tis an unfort- unate consequence of the occas- ional irrational action to the south.

Well. here at U’loo we have a very simple solution-start draft- ing members for the judo club’.. . there will probably be enough capable members to provide body- guards for all the positions open for contention-like the dean- of science-right Dr. Eydt-too bad it is sometimes necessary to give up one position to become eligible for another.

MORP L: always walk softly and carry a big stick-( so YOU can throw it and I can fetch it for you when you feel playful ) .

To a sweeter note and the great debate by the potential chief beaurocrats of the Domin- ion-it was interesting to notice how they all tried to create the impression that they were in a position to speak on behalf of their party should they be fortunate to become the leader of the .good guys. Do you really think that any of them could pos- sibly swing the tail of their cab- inet let alone the whole party in the house? Poor old Trudeau would be lost if there wasn’t a kissable female in the house.

Still very limited action on the local market with the shares in the judo club soaring to new heights on 5 peculation of their

new founded justification for existing-also up are the shares of the ex-warden of the Village in return for his great exhibition of fore-thought in re- signing in anticipation of greater fruits in yon garden. An there are still two sides to a hole (just like a doghouse) and there’s a door in between.

House mother says thanx: betrays true feel;ngs

I wish to thank the Chevron for valuable services rendered to the office of the dean‘ ‘of women with a splendid piece of research concerning women’ s residence rules. (May 31)

Note: no dress regulations in those days, and no mention of visiting hours. Perhaps ‘we are being too strict.

HILDEGARD MARSDEN Dean of women

Adapt to changing times, orthdoxies qu&ionable

For Mr. McLachlin (feedback, June 7) to claim the resources of resistance to nazism were provided by a profoundly realistic Christianity, is an over- simplification of history.

The rise and fall of nazism was a purely political phenomenon, based on fierce nationalism. The overwhelming military might of the allied powers had the final say, although nazism as a political philosophy could not have lasted longer. It was the conscience of the world which claimed the victory over irrational fanaticism.

The failure of the orthodoxies refered to by Mr. McLachlin is quite predictable. The validity of some of the religious ideas and principles has become ques- tionable with advances in natural sciences and the changed social and environmental conditions.

It is not true that the younger North American generation is purely materialistic in its attitude toward life. Try to explain the massive trend towards eas- tern philosophy and the philosophy of compassion and love preached by the hippies?

Perhaps. what is required is not a renewal of the Hebrew- Christian orthodoxies, but an adaptation to the changing times-- to the realities of man’s capacity to excel in thinking.

The possibility, that the under- developed nations of the world facing a population explosion are put to more hardship--for

no justifiable reason--by sticking to the orthodoxies on birth con- trcl, is depressing.

Harry Emerson Fosdick‘s point is noteworthy : “Christians are

supposed not ‘- to merely endure change, nor even profit by it, but to cause it. ”

J. R. MURTHY grad chemistry

Faculty assoc observer challenges Hagey’s point

Your front-page story ‘New fark fees...’ (May 31) contains a suggestion by President Hagey that is quite erroneous.

He is quoted as saying, “I think it was certainly the view of the faculty association representatives present that this was a compromise that should be acceptable. ”

This is highly inaccurate. There was one faculty association observer , present, myself.

In the meeting, I said I was present as an observer only (in place of Prof Robert Huang wlo was attending the CAUT conference in. Ottawa). I tabled the statement of the faculty association position and requested that it be entered in the minutes.

From that point on, I did not speak or vote, as correctly reported by Steve Ireland later in the article. It is astonishing to me in view of the above that President Hagey could hold his stated opinion.

Since this matter is obviously not yet settled, ‘I think it is important to clarify the- role and actions of the faculty association observer at the May 27 operations council meeting.

J. D. FORD assistant professor

them eng The student not rigger says reformer phi/ prof

After reading the Chevron’s continuing saga of student acti- vism, it strikes me today’s student radical has an intense desire to be black. Here’s the chap at Toronto who rips up his diploma and exhorts his

“fellow niggers’:. Then the “Col- ’ umbia revolution” where cami pus radicals unite with ’ their black brothers against the -for- ces of’ leather-clad, four-mouthed New York police. ‘Why this fascination with black, this long- ing to stand arm in arm under the banner of nigger?

I suspect the student activist wants to associate his plight with that of the negro because he lacks’ long-range solutions to his problems. The negro’ s cause is clear-cut and his problems are in need of immediate alleviation.

The situ; tion of the student ’ is not so well-defined. His classes are too big, boring, impersonal; he feels cut off from the life- lines of society. True enough; but what exactly is the problem? What should happen at university, why, when, how? ,

The school experience like any other is one that men reflect , upon and attempt to improve. What bothers me about most student protests is that not much serious reflection has taken place. Instead we get a superficial ca taloging of problems coupled with a demand for immediate solutions. The activist’s fascination with black stems in part from his opting for the immediate solution because he has not reflected nor experienced enough to for-

mulate any long-range solutions to his problems.

I find , myself increasingly annoyed by the heroic chronicles of student revolution and the attempts to identify the student’s plight with that of the nigger. Ripping up diplomas and libera- ting school buildings are but flashy gestures--a poor substitute for meaningful reflection and long-range proposals. Giving them such ample Iress coverage only distracts the serious student radical (and his faculty counterpart) from consideration of the more difficult issues 9 involved.

BRIAN HENDLEY assistant professor

philosophy

Davidsodler clean up Davidson-ller report on the

university’s public image has brought to the fore numerous administrative problems which we have long been aware of and which have been damaging the efficient opwation of this university as well as its public image.

So what? Do students and faculty really want to take .the time to make sure that the bureaucracy functions smoothly. Is there really any reason why they should waste valuable hours trying to put to an end those many little quips about physical-plant and planning’s inefficencies.

. There can really be only one’ justification for spending time on such projects-that the awards of increased efficiency can be channelled into the purchase of books or other academic benefits.

The university has limited

funds to work with, and it cannot afford to lose donations because of a poor public image. Nor can it afford to waste_ grants on .in- efficiency.

But in all this beware that our goal must not become the creation of a perfect bureaucra- tic machine simply because one is sitting there waiting for per- fection. Be aware as well that the point of diminishing returns is quickly reached in our pursuit of efficiency. This is particularly true when our faculty and- student leaders spend their time perfect- ing the administrative system instead of the educative one.

The purpose of the administration should be to take out of the hands of the academics are the petty problems involved in housekeeping. Since the housekeeping expenses detract from its cap- abilities to buy more relevent things they must be watched. But our time too is valuable.

Honorarv father of federation Few people on- campus

ihis fall will remember Gerry Mueller, president of the

. Federation of Students, 1965-66. Yet Gerry is probably the man most responsible for getting the federation on its feet.

His ,was, the first full year of operation under the new consti- tution-r e c e n t 1 y incorporated into the newer charter and by-laws of the corporation. It was, in fact, his council that first recommended incorporating.

Mueller ‘had the first budget to ‘go over a hundred thousand dollars, he headed the first fight to keep the graduates in the federation. “His most lasting achievement may well be the work he did to get the campus center going.

It was in his year that council started to take an active inter-

, est in the overall condition of the student and his relationship to society. In September over two thousand students marched into Waterloo to protest an election act ruling that ‘forced them to return to their homes if they wished to excercise their fran- chise in the upcoming election.

Gerry graduated in chemical engineering with an A average and’ left for England on an Ath- lone fellowship.

Gerry Mueller deserves lasting recognition for the work he did for the students of this university. Under a standing policy adopted by last year’s council he is now eligible for a

, honorary membership in the Fed- eration of Students. We hope student council will see fit to make -him one of the first to receive this honor.

I Why? Do they do something different?

_. Vh...Sir? It’s over sir...over

It is fairly common to hear

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students refer to the senior stu-

Clique

dent council members and Chev- ron staff as a ruling clique of little* relevance to the general student body. /

This remark is not without justification. Student leaders, like society’s leaders, tend to become a *group well known to <each other. This results from their having to work closely together on many mutual problems.

Even in the beginning they have similar interests that lead them to seek participation. After being in the game awhile they develop an expertise.

They read books and articles, . they learn from experience, they

become more sophisticated in dealing with problems that often appear simple on the surface. Many eventually become close friends as other. ’

they get to know each

But does this make them an irrelevant clique. 3 We don’t think so.

On this campus both the coun-

cil offices and the newspaper offices are wide open to new vol-

or united front? \

unteers. It ‘is important to note that

the thrust of council’s many activities is aimed at the whole student body. Regrettably, this just doesn’t seem to sink in, no matter how many times it is spewed forth in the pages of the paper.

Few people on campus realize, even today, that the creative arts board and all its theater productions, are federation spon- sored-we wonder if the- board even realizes it. Fewer still realize the unseen benefits that result from the federation’s quality of education programs and its general watchdogging for the student body. Lower book store prices, a bus service, lower tuition are ,a few examples

Informed criticism is desper- ately needed and volunteers even more so. But remember-the best < ‘way to see things improved is to pitch in and help.

It’s just plain ridiculous + University Ijolicies and proce- * Nominations, are now being dures put teaching ability second ‘accepted for your worst prof- in faculty salary-raising’criteria. winners get the title acanefiic of

’ Research is first. the week.

-. A member of the Canadian university PresS The Chevron is published every Friday (except exam periods and August) by the board of publications of the Federation of Students, Uni- \

’ versity of Waterloo. Content is independent of the university, student council and the board of publications. Offices in the campus center. Phone (519) 744-6111 local 3443 (newsroom), 3444 (ads). Night 744-0111. ,

editor-in-chief: Stewart D. Saxe photo editor: Pete Wilkinson news editor: Bob Verdun asst. news editor: Ken Fraser . features editor: Steve Ireland asst. photo editor: Gary Robins managing editor: Frank Goldspink / summer sports editor: Ray Worner

He lasted a week: acting chairman of the board of publicati:ons: Joe Givens 7200 copies Superstaff this week: John Pickles, Jim Detenbeck, Kent Stokholm, Mary Hamlin, Cyril Levitt, HARLEY-DAVIDSON, Dave Young, Eleanor Peavoy, Ken Dickson, Greg Wormald, Jock Mullin, Mike Church, One of these weeks we’ll finally get orgelized.

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FEDERATION OF STUDENis UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOC

By-Election Resdts . - The following persons have been acclaimed in the by-election for

. Student’s Council,-spring, 1968:

ENGINEERING: Fish, .F. .W.; Parsons, G. D. Huck, Peter;

‘. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: Clinlcett, John

Nominations for Co-op Mathematics have been -extended to THURSDAY, JUNE 20. Forms are available in the Federation Office in the Campus Centre and should be returned to that office.

If no nominations are forth-coming, i the seat may be de&red vacant for - the balance of the term.

By order of: The Judicial Committee M. Feldstein, Chief Justice

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a TODAY WEDNESDAY INTERNATIONAL POLICE AS- ROOFING CEREMONY at the SOCIATION ANNUAL DANCE. co-op’s Philip k street project. Faculty, staff and students wel- bring a hardhat, 2 pm. come. Lunch and bar. Food services, $f5 a couple, $3 single, 8-2.

TOMORROW DANCE on Village rooftop with

Major Hoople’s boarding house.

THURSDAY’ \

Organizational meeting for SCM coffeehouse. Campus center great hall, 8 pm.

COMING EiiENTS --

Indoors if bad weather, 8:30-l. SCM coffeehouse, the DRAW- MONDAY BRIDGE, opens in campus cen-

Chevron Staff meeting. Chev- ter dining room June 22,8 pm.

ron office, campus center, 9 pm. STUDENT COUNCIL meeting,

campus center June 23-24, 1 pm.

TYPING FOUND ’ Thesis. essays. work reports typed. One

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June 9. To claim phone 744-8924. veniently located on campus. Phone 742- 3142. HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR SALE Pellet Gun, .177 cal Czech made, high quality, brand new. $7.50. Call Bob 743- 8125. ’

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HOUSING WANTED Wish to share an apartment for July and

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four senior co-op students. Write Apart- Le liberation sera venu. Fort Stanton ment c/o Bank of -Montreal. St. George,

first. Vive le Waterloo libre. Code Jennifer. Ontario.

Renison College parking was-hard to find’from Thursday to Mooday when the sign was parked in health services’sick bay.

’ ALL ONTARIO <’

Battle.Of Jhe Bands 1 SAT., JUNE 22

Modern Dance Bands in Huge Competition

DON’T MISS IT!!!

GYMNASIUM \ DEADLINE cl En tries We/Come - cm tact: Man/ Heathen

JUNE 19 LIMITED TO -

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20 BANDS *Recording auditions Bran tford , / *Cash prizes ’ -

\ *Trophies .’

SPONSOkED BY THE BRANTFORD JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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