to the board of gover- for mercy from any demoralizing The external-relations board Monday unanimously decided to support retention of the Canadian LTnion of Students (CUSi on this campus. The CLJS referendum vote is scheduled for ,January 29 the Regina ( CUP )-University of Saskatchewan students reversed themselves Tuesday January 21 at an emergency meeting called over negotiations with their ad- ministration. Friday, January 24,196g in effect, be approving a reten- tion of CUS membership. up
Volume 9 Number 39 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Waterloo, Ontario Friday, January 24,196g Leading candidate in WLUS Canadian university queen con- test, Juala Bare, said she finds beauty contests dehumanizing. ncfon no MONCTON (CCJP )-Students and faculty at 1‘lJniversite de Moncton went back to classes yes- terday. Students had been split on whether to strike to strengthen demands for the resignation of administration president Adelard Savoie and four of his executives. A two-day vote ending Tuesday in favor of a strike was re- versed Wednesday afternoon when 65 per cent of the 1,400 students voted by a slim majorit,v to re- turn to classes, suspending strike action pending a response to their demands by the provincial govern- ment. The campus has been in a state of turmoil since Saturday January 11 when 100 students oc- upied the science building to de- mand more government aid for French-language schools in the province. Faculty support for student demands reached a peak Friday when, after a seven-hour meeting, the faculty association recom- mended formation of an arbitra- tion commission consisting of three students and three adminis- trators. The faculty also: e supported student demands for federal aid, although they did not faculty joined students demands support the occupation itself. for Savoie’s resignation. l called for a three day campus- wide study session to discuss the crisis. l demanded better facilities and co-management of the university by students, faculty and adminis- tra tion. Sunday the faculty began to split over the student council call for a general strike and Monday morning the f’acult! executive resigned fearing “radi- cal action” by faculty. l demanded publication of the university budget, now a confi- dential document. Students went along with faculty demands and were going to leave the building voluntarily but were forced to devise new tactics when they learned late Friday night Savoie had rejected the faculty proposal for an arbitration com- mission and had called police to clear out the science building. The issue was further compli- cated Monday when Jean Louis Levesquc. the Vniversity’s lar- gest contributor. announced he is withdrawing support from the uni- versity. The announcement. coming iron- ically during a student struggle for more financial aid. will swing faculty support further awa>. t’rom the students. according to LIoncb- ton student leaders. Saturday morning 60 city police and a number of RCMP arrived on campus, but their task was simplified when students decided to leave without resistance. A few hours later, at a meeting attended by 300 students the stu- dent council voted unanimously in favor of a strike “until adminis- tration president Adelard Savoie and four of his executives resign.” The controvers>v ccnters around student demands that the go\‘ern- ment give the school a grant ot $32 million over the next t\vo years and that hali the provincial education budget be set aside for French-language education. .-2ccording to one student spokesman. the university has received only $1 million during its first five years. while the university of New Brunswick was giGen $22 million last year. Faculty support grew Saturday. the first day of the teach-in. when Some 35 percent of the New Brunswick population is French- speaking. egina students close negotiations Regina ( CUP )-University of Saskatchewan students reversed themselves Tuesday January 21 at an emergency meeting called over negotiations with their ad- ministration. open meetings. However the ad- ministration replied that open sessions would force it to main- tain its position on refusing to collect student union fees be- cause of student union support of the newspaper, the Carillon. operate a reduced program of was reached in the talks involving activities and continue publica- eight Regina campus students tion of the Carillon and eight Administrators. About a quarter of the 4,000 student campus turned out to vote slightly in favor of closing the negotiating sessions as their union and the administration try for a settlement in the fees fight here. Last week the campus voted for In a complicated supplementary motion, the students also enabled the union to break off negotiations if it wishes. The motion also authorized the union to collect its second term fees on an interim basis to The external-relations board Monday unanimously decided to support retention of the Canadian LTnion of Students (CUSi on this campus. The CLJS referendum vote is scheduled for ,January 29 the same day as the presidential election. The decision made by the board in favor of CUS came after a short discussion period. Chairman Jim Pike is wholly in favor of CUS. He feels there are two groups on campus, the ones in favor of CUS and the ones who want no publicity about the coming referendum in order to quietly remove CUS. Pike wishes to justify CUS to the students for what it is, namely a national student program. His suggestion was to set up a speaking program around campus. pitting pro-CiJS speakers against anti-CUS people. Tom Patterson, chairman of the domestic-affairs commission said many people are scared of CL]? and that if the referendum is kept quiet CUS membership will be lost. He feels there is a 50-50 chance of retaining membership if the thing is handled well. Pike and Patterson are to set up the speaking program, Names mentioned for the pro- gram were Ed Anger from Lutheran, Murray 1Jnderwood from Waterloo, Martin Loney from CUS and any other prominent people who are available. When asked for comments on the board’s decision federation president John Bergsma said he had mixed emotions. While he feels CUS is a necessary organi- zation for Canadian students he believes there is a lot of re-or- ganization needed before the union is really worthwhile. Bergsma defined the external- relations board’s function as far as the CUS referendum goes as being educative. The next council meeting will have to take a stand on CUS al- though council declined to do so at its last meeting. Bergsma said the idea of the referendum was to give the stu- dents a choice themselves. But if council adopts the minutes of the board’s meeting, including the proposal to support CUS, it will, in effect, be approving a reten- tion of CUS membership. Other sections of the motion Meanwhile at the university’s called for programs to educate the sister campus in Saskatoon student Saskatchewan public on the leaders were awaiting more con- issues by linking with public or- Crete action from Regina before ganizations publishing papers responding to the board of gover- and speaking to as many groups nor’s December 31 statement on as possible. the Regina union and its paper. \Vith the student stand clari- :!t one point student councillors fied negotiations were to continue were contemplating joint negotia- behind closed doors Wednesday. tions with the administrations of both campuses to settle the ad- There were threats of a student ministrative role in collecting strike last week if no agreement student union fees. The latest decision followed a Wednesday morning student meet- ing with 1000 in attendance. addressed by Savoie. Savoie reported that Tuesday’s day-long board of governors meet- ing ratified his actions in calling in police to clear students from the science buiiding. They decided not to bring action against the occupants. Students met the report with mixed reactions. The faculty have begun to take up a different tactic. They are planning to hold joint student-faculty study sessions next month and will be peti- tioning the provincial and federal governments for more aid. Universal Rodent (who has appeared before as a muskrat and a gopher) said Groulldhog is indeed, but pleaded for mercy from any demoralizing groundhog hunts during the ~cek.
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Volume 9 Number 39 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Waterloo, Ontario Friday, January 24,196g
Leading candidate in WLUS Canadian university queen con- test, Juala Bare, said she finds beauty contests dehumanizing.
ncfon no MONCTON (CCJP )-Students
and faculty at 1‘lJniversite de Moncton went back to classes yes- terday.
Students had been split on whether to strike to strengthen demands for the resignation of administration president Adelard Savoie and four of his executives.
A two-day vote ending Tuesday in favor of a strike was re- versed Wednesday afternoon when 65 per cent of the 1,400 students voted by a slim majorit,v to re- turn to classes, suspending strike action pending a response to their demands by the provincial govern- ment.
The campus has been in a state of turmoil since Saturday January 11 when 100 students oc- upied the science building to de- mand more government aid for French-language schools in the province.
Faculty support for student demands reached a peak Friday when, after a seven-hour meeting, the faculty association recom- mended formation of an arbitra-
tion commission consisting of three students and three adminis- trators.
The faculty also: e supported student demands for
federal aid, although they did not faculty joined students demands support the occupation itself. for Savoie’s resignation. l called for a three day campus- wide study session to discuss the crisis. l demanded better facilities and co-management of the university by students, faculty and adminis- tra tion.
Sunday the faculty began to split over the student council call for a general strike and Monday morning the f’acult! executive resigned fearing “radi- cal action” by faculty.
l demanded publication of the university budget, now a confi- dential document.
Students went along with faculty demands and were going to leave the building voluntarily but were forced to devise new tactics when they learned late Friday night Savoie had rejected the faculty proposal for an arbitration com- mission and had called police to clear out the science building.
The issue was further compli- cated Monday when Jean Louis Levesquc. the Vniversity’s lar- gest contributor. announced he is withdrawing support from the uni- versity.
The announcement. coming iron- ically during a student struggle for more financial aid. will swing faculty support further awa>. t’rom the students. according to LIoncb- ton student leaders.
Saturday morning 60 city police and a number of RCMP arrived on campus, but their task was simplified when students decided to leave without resistance.
A few hours later, at a meeting attended by 300 students the stu- dent council voted unanimously in favor of a strike “until adminis- tration president Adelard Savoie and four of his executives resign.”
The controvers>v ccnters around student demands that the go\‘ern- ment give the school a grant ot $32 million over the next t\vo years and that hali the provincial education budget be set aside for French-language education.
.-2ccording to one student spokesman. the university has received only $1 million during its first five years. while the university of New Brunswick was giGen $22 million last year.
Faculty support grew Saturday. the first day of the teach-in. when
Some 35 percent of the New Brunswick population is French- speaking.
egina students close negotiations Regina ( CUP )-University of
Saskatchewan students reversed themselves Tuesday January 21 at an emergency meeting called over negotiations with their ad- ministration.
open meetings. However the ad- ministration replied that open sessions would force it to main- tain its position on refusing to collect student union fees be- cause of student union support of the newspaper, the Carillon.
operate a reduced program of was reached in the talks involving activities and continue publica- eight Regina campus students tion of the Carillon and eight Administrators.
About a quarter of the 4,000 student campus turned out to vote slightly in favor of closing the negotiating sessions as their union and the administration try for a settlement in the fees fight here.
Last week the campus voted for
In a complicated supplementary motion, the students also enabled the union to break off negotiations if it wishes.
The motion also authorized the union to collect its second term fees on an interim basis to
The external-relations board Monday unanimously decided to support retention of the Canadian LTnion of Students (CUSi on this campus.
The CLJS referendum vote is scheduled for ,January 29 the same day as the presidential election.
The decision made by the board in favor of CUS came after a short discussion period.
Chairman Jim Pike is wholly in favor of CUS. He feels there are two groups on campus, the ones in favor of CUS and the ones who want no publicity about the coming referendum in order to quietly remove CUS.
Pike wishes to justify CUS to the students for what it is, namely a national student program. His suggestion was to set up a speaking program around campus. pitting pro-CiJS speakers against anti-CUS people.
Tom Patterson, chairman of the domestic-affairs commission said many people are scared of CL]? and that if the referendum is kept quiet CUS membership will be lost. He feels there is a 50-50 chance of retaining membership if the thing is handled well.
Pike and Patterson are to set up the speaking program,
Names mentioned for the pro- gram were Ed Anger from Lutheran, Murray 1Jnderwood from Waterloo, Martin Loney from CUS and any other prominent people who are available.
When asked for comments on the board’s decision federation president John Bergsma said he had mixed emotions. While he feels CUS is a necessary organi- zation for Canadian students he believes there is a lot of re-or- ganization needed before the union is really worthwhile.
Bergsma defined the external- relations board’s function as far as the CUS referendum goes as being educative.
The next council meeting will have to take a stand on CUS al- though council declined to do so at its last meeting.
Bergsma said the idea of the referendum was to give the stu- dents a choice themselves. But if council adopts the minutes of the board’s meeting, including the proposal to support CUS, it will, in effect, be approving a reten- tion of CUS membership.
Other sections of the motion Meanwhile at the university’s
called for programs to educate the sister campus in Saskatoon student
Saskatchewan public on the leaders were awaiting more con-
issues by linking with public or- Crete action from Regina before
ganizations publishing papers responding to the board of gover-
and speaking to as many groups nor’s December 31 statement on
as possible. the Regina union and its paper.
\Vith the student stand clari- :!t one point student councillors
fied negotiations were to continue were contemplating joint negotia-
behind closed doors Wednesday. tions with the administrations of both campuses to settle the ad-
There were threats of a student ministrative role in collecting strike last week if no agreement student union fees.
The latest decision followed a Wednesday morning student meet- ing with 1000 in attendance. addressed by Savoie.
Savoie reported that Tuesday’s day-long board of governors meet- ing ratified his actions in calling in police to clear students from the science buiiding. They decided not to bring action against the occupants.
Students met the report with mixed reactions.
The faculty have begun to take up a different tactic.
They are planning to hold joint student-faculty study sessions next month and will be peti- tioning the provincial and federal governments for more aid.
Universal Rodent (who has appeared before as a muskrat and a gopher) said Groulldhog is indeed, but pleaded for mercy from any demoralizing groundhog hunts during the ~cek.
Crawford three to one in Village Despite the - Village Informer Elections for Village council
columnist who advocated regular were also conducted. The repre- people’s Village revolutions, Vil- sentatives from east quadrant lage elections were held Wed- are Paul Cotton, Anne Banks nesday. and Bob Siddal; from west Don
Al Crawford, psych 2, was Godard, Mike Greenspoon and elected president over Jim Deten- Walt McGregor; from south Cathy beck, civil 3A, as 39 percent of Johnson, Bob Wikman, Bill Nel- the Village turned out to vote. ’ son and Oev Wain. In north
Carol Cline and Peter Desroches The vote was 334. to 111 for were acclaimed One seat in
Crawford. north is still vacant.
Radio Waterloo back on the waves Radio Free Waterloo resumes plans for the near future involve
broadcasting Monday with an expansion into the Village dining expanded service. halls, and lounge> at St. Jerome’s
Radio Waterloo now has 27 an- and Notre Dame colleges. nouncers to handle news sports And Radio Waterloo officials
Waterloo engineers are the and weather, not to mention radicals of the Ontario engineering music. They will be on the air hope to eventually include Minota noon to midnight Monday to Fri- HWY and campus coffee students. They tried to drag their
shops in their broadcast area. colleagues into the present era day. of student representation.
For the first few weeks Radio Radio Waterloo is applying for Waterloo will be broadcasting only an FM license and if all goes well to the campus center and a couple it will be on the air next Septem- lounges at Waterloo Lutheran. But ber.
‘The spirit of Che lives at Uniwat Che lives agin. Che Guevara, Ar-
gentine, lawyer, and close friend of Castro conducted Cuban revo- lutionary activity in Bolivia where he was captured and beheaded about two years ago.
Sunday, February 16 at 8:30 pm, the Toronto Workshop Produc- tions will perform the play Cke
Guevara in the theater of the arts. Che Guevara, written by Mario
Fratti, has met with exceptional success during its five-week run in Toronto. It is currently being shown in St. Catharines.
Cedric Smith, who plays the title role is a Waterloo man whose
background includes several sea- sons with the Stratford Festival Company. Some might recog- nize Smith as a well-known folk- singer.
Smith, a revolutionary himself, presents Che as an interna- tionalist, far ahead of his time, revealing his concern for human- ity.
The play dwells on the ordinary individual who houses all his frustrations within for a better way of life. With revolution so much a part of modern life, this play is a must for every one to see.
Two-bit hop to happen in iock hut The group which challenged the The band will be presenting
Tijauna Brass for the best band its entertainment on the upper in North America title is putting level of the gym in the recreation on a pep-rally and socque-hoppe center. tomorrow night. As a minor attraction the
For 25 cents the Warriors Band Warriors Band has engaged the will provide basketball fans with services of the Penelope Road a dance after the game with to provide musical relief for Western. (or from) their own efforts.
Renison fishnapping ends happily I A campus-wide search for a kid- had threatened to eat Ovi for
napped goldfish ended Tuesday making too much noise. Meyer night when it was found less denied any knowledge of the act. than 30 feet from its home.
Safe and sound, although After several anonymous phone-
slightly waterlogged, is Ovi, pet calls the searchers were led to
of Jim Tennyson of Renison the room of Ivan Simpson, resi-
College. Ovi disappeared when a dence terrorist. The fish was
gang of toughs who live on his found submerged in about six in-
floor entered Tennyson’s room ches of water with only a stream
and made off with the finng of bubbles leading to the sur-
fellow. face.
The frantic father was soon Confronted by a growing num- presented with a ransom note ber of enraged searchers, Simp- demanding two cans of Mountain Dew.
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A search party led by A.C. framed.” “Sherlock” Hurst first accosted His relieved neighbor Tenny- Tennyson’s roommate Paul Meyer son would only comment that the who earlier, in a drunken rage, whole thing seemed a little fishy.
Cur smash highlights gymkhana ‘69 On Saturday. ,January 25, 1969,
the Waterloo College Autosport Club is presenting its fourth annual gymkhana in conjunction with Waterloo Lutheran Univer- sity’s winter carnival. The Gymk- hana, or as some prefer, driving skill contest, will commence at 10 am and will run on two courses so as to accommodate an ever increasing number of entrants. There will be four classes of competition; European, American, studded tires, and female com-
petitors and there will be a trophy presented in each class.
In addition to the usual excite- ment generated by this event, the club will hold a car smash at 12 : 30; and also hopes to have a few personalities from the world of racing make a guest appearance during the afternoon. Last year’s event was highlighted by the ap- pearance of Bill Brock and Craig %ll with some competition Lot- uses.
New The proposed college of en- problems such as the distribution environmental studies? It was
vironmental studies was the of water resources, pollution, and felt the disintegration of the arts only item on the agenda of the urban development. faculty is both unnecessary and arts faculty council meeting Tues- day. Jack Ellis, electrical engi- neering professor, outlined the content and th.e scope of a report written by himself and three others to the meeting. The two hours of debate that followed were terminated by another meet-
The discussion centered around two topics ; the relationship of the college of environmental stu- dies to the rest of the university, and the question of orientation to disciplinary study or to pro- blem-solving.
undesirable.
Terry Qualter. political science. and David Kirk. sociology. sug- gested the college of environ- mental studies is similar in prin- ciple to the idea of a liberal arts education and that this idea could
ing and the feeling that it was The first difficulty brought up be applied the whole university. supper time. was that if the geography and
The suggestion of the four- planning department left arts, Jan Narveson, philosophy then man committee is to form a new would the psychology and socio- proposed the possibility of a com- college composed of architecture. logy departments also leave, and man first two years for all stu- geography and planning, and would the faculty then create new dents. and referred to changes in a man-environment division, in departments for the people inter- the engineering curriculum as the order to facilitate the study of ested in these subjects. but not first step.
Waterloo engineers most radical
The APE0 (Association of Pro- fessional Engineers, Ontario 1 sponsored last weekend’s Con- ference of Engineering Societies.
A resolution was passed favor- ing student representation on fa- fulty councils but Waterloo found little support for reps on examina- tion and promotions committees. Hazing and harassment of fresh- men during orientation was con- demned.
The conference worked toward increased communication among the societies and set up a cen-
publications. There were also dis- at McGill in February. Han-- cussions between students and the ever. Western was conspicuou;l!- APE0 to bring closer relations absent from the \\.aterloo con- between them in future.
Some felt an Ontario power ference and Toronto appeared only half a da>.. Thus the .block”
block was created for the Congress is not being considered ‘1 solid of Engineering Students to be held en:husiastic body.
Carleton upset with Pearson’s post OTTAWA (CUP)-The student
council at Carleton University is unhappy with the way things were done in securing the appoint- ment of former prime minister Lester Pearson as chancellor.
Council voted 14 to 5 for a motion objecting to Pearson’s unilateral appointment by the board of governors.
pert said later. “It had nothing to do with personality, just in the method.”
“Legally they are right and we recognize that.” Lampert said. But he maintains the board should have informed students in advance of Pearson’s appointment.
Council also voted 14 to 5 against attempting to delav the appoint-
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Pure math uptight
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Rumors are flying around the math faculty this week. The feel- ing of some is that the top men in math-dean David Sprott and associate deans Ken Fryer and Arthur Beaumont-were trying to make the math curriculum more technically oriented.
The rumors stem from an inter- office memo released to all de- partment chairmen. It reads in part: “. . .a minority of students are planning on research careers in mathematics.. .It is to applied areas that we must pay consider- able attention and possibly we
Federation president John Bergsma says he wants the Ontario Union of Students to hold a con- ference in February (three months ahead of sched- ule) because he is unfamiliar with the organization. Coincidentally, several other council presidents are asking for a February conference for other reasons.
Bergsma’s request was in a letter Monday to OUS president Brian Switzman in which Bergsma stated. “I am a recently-elected council president and have some interest in the operations of OUS and some interest in meeting with representatives from other Ontario universities.”
Bergsma continued: “The most recent informa- tion that I have is that of the Glendon (College 1 conference in May 1968. In light of these facts I wollld like to request the convening of a confer- ence sometime during the month of February.”
Bergsma made the request on his own initiative and the matter has yet to appear before either his executive board or the student council. Bergsma’s only experience so far in r’elations with other uni- versities was the anti-CUS conference at Waterloo Lutheran after Christmas which he attended as an observer. Several other Ontario universities were represented there.
Members of the OUS executive are questioning Bergsma’s request. because he didn’t request infor- mation-only a conference. OUS just held a confer- ence in October and recently there have been other requests for a February confrence.
George Hunter of Carleton had been agitating among OUS members for a conference, and OUS vicepresident Ken Stone said Wednesday there have been requests from Waterloo, Queen’s, Carle- ton, Ontario College of Art and Waterloo Lutheran.
Seat allotment in question How many representatives will
there be on the student council next year? Two answers are available. One says there should be 25 and the other says there should be 27.
Every year council seats must be allocated among faculties, schools and colleges on the basis of the most recent enrolment
Election results will be lute
Presidential results will be delayed because of a computer breakdown. The mailing lables for out-term ballots have not been printed by -the machine, meaning the return of these ballots will be delayed. Results of the presi- dential elections will be released February 3.
figures. Federation bylaws con- tain a fairly simple formula for this redistribution. Constituencies receive seats in proportion to their size with the provision that each constituency must have at least one seat.
The federation executive gave student-activities chairman the Jim Belfry the job of figuring out the distribution of council seats. He decided the distribution should be the same as last year which is:
arts 4 architecture 1 engineering i math 4 phys-ed 1 science 3 grads 3 Renison 1 St. Jerome’s 1 total 25
But a couple Chevron staffers sat down with the federation by- laws and the registrar’s report on enrolment. and after a bit of arith- metic came up with the follow- ing figures:
arts 4 architecture 1 engineering 7 math 5 phys-ed 1 science 3 grads 4 Renison 1 St,. Jerome’s 1 total 27 Belfry said he had obtained
his figures from the coordination department but they were not available for verification.
There is no indication how this discrepancy will be resolved or what effect it will have on the council elections on February 19.
Chevron staffer Pete Wilkinson gleefully (shristens the new coke machine outside the Chevron office, having waited three thirsty months for its arrival. Not to be outdone food services in- stalled a pepsi machine several hours later.
should offer some other degree in mathematics. . . .Another degree, for example a B. of Math SC. should be given to those students who are mainly concerned with applications.”
Certain pure math professors felt this would turn the math faculty into little more than a mathematically oriented engineer- ing program. In addition there was a charge that pure math was being excluded from the cur- riculum committee. The terms of Henry Crapo and Ralph Staal, both of pure math, are over and the executive committee’s nomi- nations for the vacancies-Harry Davis and Avis Forbes-are both staunch applied math men. Fryer and Beaumont both sit on the executive committee.
When Fryer was asked to corn- merit on the proposed curriculum changes he said they were non- existent. When confronted with a copy of the memo he denied having ever seen it before, although the memo indicated a copy had been sent to him.
Beaumont proved to be more helpful. When asked to comment on the charge that no more pure math professors were being hired for three or four years, he ela- borately explained why. Asked if this meant he was confirming the charge he said, no.
On justifying the proposal in general Beaumont noted: “Math is the in-thing now. You’ll be seeing more mathematicians in management. Industry needs math. But industry doesn’t hire pure mathematicians. Industry
needs applied research. ’ * When asked if this meant that the uni- versity’s purpose was to serve industry, he chuckled. “Young men and women realize that in order to achieve the positions they aspire to they need a degree.” When asked for a more coherent definition of the university’s purpose, he refused to comment.
Beaumont became irritated when pressed on the issue and accused the people who make these charges of being unin- formed.” Are these people aware of what is going on in the real world...are they aware of what is required in the world.”
When Crapo, acting chairman of pure math heard of these corn- ments he remarked that this is ty- pica1 of “their” attitude. He claim- ed that pure math and research were essential to mathematical development and more important than technical math. This ;jittlr all was the field of the scientists and engineers. “Just bec’;ilI>t‘
Forbes t statistics ) uses CountIn: in his cigarette tests doc?;n t
make that math.” The issue \vas partiall!. lx++
ved at Tuesda>.‘s math la(*ultJ. council meeting.
Crapo had done estensi\re lob- bying preceding the meeting. The results were that pure math rt’- tained one of the members at large on the curriculum com- mittee. Davis’ nomination was withdrawn and professor D.Z. Djo- covig of pure math was appointed instead. The conflict will now be worked out in the curriculum committee. It promises to be a long hard battle.
President candidates all support cus
All three candiates for president ’ preted as sanction for the organi- of the Federation of Students agree on one element involved in the CUS referendum Wednes- day: CUS, they believe, needs to be changed in certain areas; further, such change would best be implemented from within the organiza tion itself.
Incumbent president John Ber- gsma said he believes strongly in the need for a national stu- dent organization. He feels CUS has a number of good points, but, also, has organizational shortcomings.
“Because I’m not in favor of CUS as it is presently, I don’t. wane to take a definite stand. I think the whole point of the refer- endum is to let, the students make a decision by democratic pro- cess. ”
Although, he personally favors change from within, Bergsma stressed that his taking a stand in support of CUS could be inter-
zation as presently constituted. Ron Golemba, psych 3. is
*‘definitely in favor of retaining CUS.” He questioned what. if any- thing, Waterloo could do to change the union if it drops out.
“Some structural changes are certainly needed. Hopefully. this will persuade the universities which have dropped out to return. But such changes should be in- stituted within CUS.
Larry Burko (arts 3 1, stressed that CUS has many good points and many bad points.
“The good things are the travel and insurance plans, and the con- cern for society. But CUS is not representative and reform is needed here. ” Burko, too, feels re- form from within is most desir- able. But he declined to state a personal opinion in relation to the referendum.
“CUS has many good points and many bad points.. . . ‘* he repeated.
Building fund adds slowly The progress of the Tenth ces such as interested foundation:
Anniversary Fund has been very and private sources. slow. The. fund which was started There is speculation that Co10 in 1967 with an objective of nel Samuel McLaughlin. forme. $5,500.000 has now only reached chairman of General Motors. ha: $3,684,658.54. been approached for a donatior
The campaign was divided in- of $250,000. McLaughlin receivec
to geographical divisions such as an honourary doctorate of engi
Toronto, London and Sarnia. Deve- neering in October. iAdlington saic
lopment director <Jack Hemphill, no one has as yet personally ap
said the campaign was still prokhed him. LMcLaughlin is nov
active and that two more divisions, in Bermuda. Negotiations seem to be undej Hamilton andToronto, have just wav Adlington sairi
started. I . L “1 would bc a iiar if I said I had not lookez
Both Hempill and Al Adlington. into j t”. vicepresiden t operations. said they hoped the fund would reach
Student council Iast year plea ged a half million dollars to th
$4,250,000 by the end of the year. fund. Each student is assesset Adlington said the balance would come from as yet unfound sour-
$10 annually which is return able on request.
Friday, January 24, 7969 f9:39) 679 2
knowlton collister I
in which a potpourri of thoughts is presented (to keep this column going) and another Al finds the spotlight.
* * *
One thing you learn in this business of reporting rumor and specula- tion is to be constantly ready to change your predictions as new gossip reaches your ears.
And so this week we advise those of you who are making book on this game not to rule out Doug Wright as a possibility.
Our previous suggestion that Doug was heading for a position in that greatest bureaucracy of all-the federal government-may yet prove untrue.
Doug has, after all, spent about three years setting up the system of university-government relations in Ontario and he is probably the only man at Queen’s Park who really knows how it runs. With an empire like that going for you why head for new ground‘?
It is also interesting that Al Adlington is publicly betting that Doug will finally get the big job. Although that may be nothing more than a smoke screen.
:I1 has by no means given up and still looks hard to see what ads he can --un in the Chevron to get his name in front of everyone. In January 10th’s issue he used the excuse of informing the students who were just coming on campus of the parking regulations.
I’nfortunately for Al. Howie Petch’s high-class ads for his Petch peeve forums out-do Al’s efforts by a mile. Howie deserves credit for planning ahead, since he started having his ads appear a good few weeks before the presidential campaign became big news.
4. * *.
:\rts dean *Jay Minas’s recent move to establish good relations with the students by employing outcast and jobless engineer (and former federation president) Brian Iler. is also worthy of consideration.
.Jay’s approach to the campaign would seem to emphasize coopera- tion among students. faculty and administration and pushes the idea that mutual understanding is the key to all our problems. Iler. soft- spoken and loved-by-all. would seem to be a good key to student support for the liberal line.
Even if *Jay finally sells out to Howie for the academic vicepresidency (as we have predicted 1 the manoeuvre has good propaganda value.
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,‘ind speaking of great political shifts brings to mind Allan Nelson. politlcal science fuehrer.
Occasionally we run across people who actually believe Nelson is seeking the highest office himself. but such thoughts are usually found in unfriendly minds I not uncommon at all these days).
Il’ indeed he is after the regal post. he pulled a real boner which caused the battle-lines to be drawn in his department. The ruling junta fired two popular professors last term and split the department.
True to the form of political science departments. the elite didn’t maintain solidarity and secrecy--John Wilson. sornetime socialist, made it public that the unpopular decision had been the work of one man. No one doubted who that man was and Nelson’s already question- able popularity dropped.
Now he seems doomed to have to settle for the dean of arts post at best. and that is based on Minas’s either going up or giving up.
A shifting of posts which left Nelson without a chair might be a good thing for him. Even some of his best friends have been discouraged by his two-year move to the right. Once a great super-liberal, it might do him some good to be without an empire after his chairmanship expires. He might be able to sit back and rediscover his philosophy of life.
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FEDERATIQN of STUDENTS
CWS REFEREN On Wednesday January 29 1969 the following referendum will be held in conjunction with the presidential elec- tion.
Mark only one of the following two choices
1. Resolved that the Federation of Stu- dents, University of Waterloo, re- tain membership in the Canadian Union of Students.
2. Resolved that the Federation of Stu- dents, University of Waterloo, with- draw from membership in the Cana- dian of Students.
* * * The results of the referendum will be binding on the student council, the re- ferendum having been called by a stu- dent council president.
Ballots will be available at the same polling stations being used for the pre- sidential election.
John Geiger, math 3, does his thing at the University Avenue entrance to the campus. Geiger is one of eight students *working for the university to man the information kiosk be- tween 9 am and 8:3Q pm. Students took over the booth on a regular basis january 6.
Have Waterloo students seized control of the main entrance to the university?
This is one question visitors half-jokingly ask when stopping at the information kiosk off Uni- versity Avenue. It has been regularly staffed since January 6 with students rather than campus cops.
tween 9 am and 8:30 pm visitors to the campus can obtain directions and parking permits at the kiosk.
Eight students were hired through Circle K’Cam- pus Manpower program by Clarke Mercredy, assistant to the operations vicepresident. Be-
Student Manpower got started when Circle Ii organized its job-finding activities. I’ntil then anyone needing temporary help had callow the club ior workers.
“Since Christmas no emolovers have called. Thus may be due to rumors the iervice has f’olded.” Papa- zian added.
The Circle K office is MC 3040, local 2113.
The main issues in the presi- dential campaign seem to be stu- dent political awareness and the CUS referendum.
Larry Burko, arts 3, considers it the job of the federation to keep campus political activity. at the level of awareness of the aver- age student. He thinks most stu- dents interests are apolitical and these interests should be catered to. To do this Burko would show people where their $22 stu- dent fees are going by sponsoring many free concerts and dances throughout the year. Burko would also attempt to affect a change in the editorial policy of the Chevron to bring it to the campus level of political involvement.
Commenting on the apparent lack of campaigning on the part of federation president John Bergs- ma Burko said: “Bergsma is in- sulting the voters even more than I was in the last campaign. His refusal to campaign only express- es his condescending view of the intelligence of the people on camp- us. He expects the voters to come out on election day even though he is incapable of doing anything for them and refuses to campaign so they can see this”.
On CUS Burko views such things as the travel plan, insur- ance, and inter-campus communi- cation facilities good but he con- siders it lacking in representi- vity.
Ron Golemba, psych 3, views CUS as the main issue. He is strongly pro-CUS but thinks that minor internal changes need to be made. Golemba would like to see the Quebec student union, UG- EQ, separate from CUS but he wants to see close cooperation between the two unions.
Golemba wants to see a joint federation-faculty association com- mitttee to deal with the admini- stration : “I feel in this type of joint committee there is a very real basis of dealing with the administration to affect the best possible outcome from the point of view of those who use the uni- versity ; namely the students and faculty.”
Golemba’s last major point was the turning over of grad fees to the Grad Society. He feels that
because of marital status, work load, and age many grads have different interests from the under- graduate student body. There- fore the Grad Society ,should han- dle grad affairs within the federa- tion.
In answer to Larry Burko’s charges of non-participation fede- ration president John Bergsma said that he was participating; but merely starting later than the other two candidates.
Bergsma views the three major issues as education, decision- making and decentralization.
He wants to see programs arranged in conjunction with the faculty associations and societies.
Bergsma will coordinate course and> professorial evaluations with analyses of course structure and philosophy through the board of education with the Faculty Asso- ciation.
Participation in student affairs has increased, says Bergsma. Student representation on the Ha- bitat furnishings committee has been increased to six. The student affairs review committee has 50 percent student membership.
On CUS Bergsma is willing to let the referendum decide the issue. As it stands now he would like to see major organizational changes.
Mathfac bars Chevron, ent reps MC out
Math faculty council kicked the Chevron out of its Tuesday meet- ing and the two student obser- vers appointed by the Math Soc- iety immediatly walked out in protest.
The incident occurred at the beginning of the meeting. Council chairman Ken Fryer pointed out the Chevron reporter and asked for a motion from the floor to deal with this. Henry Crapo. pure math chairman, moved that the Chevron be allowed to stay. Larry Cummings seconded the motion.
After some discussion, Ralph Staal pointed out that a similar motion had been defeated at the November 17 meeting. After con- sulting the minutes, Fryer ruled Crapo’s motion out of order.
Fryer ruled him out of order. When Madgett persisted asso-
ciate dean Arthur Beaumont burst out, “Mr. Madgett, really, we’ve been through this before. . . there is a great deal of business
At this point John Madgett, one of the student observers (one of three allowed to sit at faculty council meetings) raised an ob- jection. He said he was going to introduce a motion to seat the Chevron later in the meeting. He asked if, under the circumstances, he could bring it up at this point.
before today’s meeting, we don’t have time for this....”
At this point the Chevron re- porter was told to leave and did.
Chevron news editor Ken Fraser was also present, but didn’t leave, maintaining he was there only as an interested math student. Fryer said he could stay only if he was the third student ob- server-a grad student.
Fraser, second-year math, tried to discuss the point but he too was ruled out of order and was forced to leave.
At this point the two Math Sot reps walked out in protest. Math
Math faculty council later in
Sot president Tom Berry explain-
its meeting defeated a motion to
ed, “It is federation policy not to participate in closed meetings-. I personally will not participate
give students voting sea’ts on the
under these conditions. MathSoc council, however, will have to
council.
make the final decision about whether to send observers to a
Other proposals for
closed meeting. ”
student participation are presently
Berry said he would return to the meeting only if he could put forward a motion to open the
being studied.
meeting to all students.
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The managers in the education indus- try are up against the wall. They can’t live without us to absorb the unemploy- ment they must disguise. But they’re be- ginning to find they can’t live with us, either. And. as budgets tighten and stud- ent consciousness grows. they’re going to find that things can only get worse.
The high schools are the newest f-ront.
When education minister William Da- vis decreed a two-week extension of the high school year, he unleashed a torrent of resistance. Why did they do it and why did the students react so vehe- mently?
They did it because they have to. There are more than half a million secondary school students in the province of On- tario. Assume that half of them get summer jobs.
Taking them out of the labor force for two weeks is the equivalent of reducing the labor force by about 10,000 man years of labor. That’s 10,000 jobs that won’t have to be provided and an auto- matic reduction of 10,000 in the number of unemployed and a rate of 8-10 I . Some- body in Queens Park has a good head for figures.
Summer income cut From the students’ point of view, the
arbitrary extension of the school year reduces their total summer income by 1 6 (2 weeks out of 12) and discriminates against them and in favor of university students in the summer job market. A clever detail, that.
They can only hope in Queen’s Park that perhaps high school students will make less trouble than the unemployed university students, and maybe it will even be possible to direct their resent- ment away from the government and toward the university students who get the jobs that the high school students need.
Further, a parent is less likely to be disgruntled if he has to aid his high school children more than he planned, instead of his university-level sons and daughters.
This offers a way to reduce real in- comes without it showing. All the way around. it looked like a good idea at the time.
However, even though the province is making every effort to shift their unemployment problem as far down the age range as they can, t’ie univer- sities will feel it as well.
Budgets are being tightened on every campus, but contingency plans are
being made to accommodate increased first-year enrollments as much as 30’1 greater than this year.
Student aid will not go up to match rising enrollments. Nor will faculty hir- ing. which means larger classes. In fact, we need to keep a watchful eye on our big faculty brothers. They are asking for a 15 to 20’( raise in pay, but will be lucky to get 5’; .
This may radicalize a few of them, however, if the Association of Teaching Staff at the I’niversity of Toronto is a typical faculty sample, most of them will get right to work thinking of ways to reduce their work loads and let the student fend for themselves.
The ATS. for example, almost voted to withold final grades if their salary demands are not met. So. while we should keep trying to find ways to build ties to the faculty, we shouldn’t expect much and we should keep our guard up.
We should be particularly alert to faculty and administration attempts to ease their budgetary problems by means of apparently groovy expedients. It’s clear that a great many ways to cut the budget will be dressed up as “experi- ments”.
Benign short-cuts
Student-generated and administered courses ; a reduction in the number of lecture hours per course: abolition of requirements: reduction in the number of courses that the student must take: encouragement to branch out and take a variety of courses-we should expect these and other palliatives to be offered.
Not that there is anything wrong with these ideas; but we must be careful not to let them get away with calling “re- forms” measures that are simply expe- dients for them.
In particular, we must take advantage of the situation to demand the maximum power that we can get. They will try to offer us specific programs and the appearance of sympathy.
No matter how attractive the package
they offer. we should work to get stud- ents to demand a role in the decision- making process through which the pro- gram gets determined. Don’t forget that the revolution is not a course offered in a free school.
Problem is bad How bad is the problem? Ke have at
least a couple of clues that suggests that it’s pretty bad. One is that Trudeau has hinted at the possibility of year-round operation of the schools. More efficient, he says. And it keeps young people out of the labor force while making more efficient use of teachers who are paid out of public funds.
Another magic reduction in unemploy- ment achieved by making it impossible for students to work at all. Not to mention a way to cut down on public spending by exploiting teachers.
The other clue is Pelletier’s notorious suggestion of the civilian draft. It would be foolhardy of us to suppose that they’ve given up the idea just because there was such a torrent of negative reaction and because they aren’t talking about it any more.
If they’d even suggest such a thing in a country with such a tradition of opposition to conscription of any kind for any purpose, they’re pretty desperate. And if they can find a way to isolate the young people that would be subjected to this temporary slavery from the allies who might help them resist, why should- n’t they try it?
Unemployment will soon reach 5’ I ; tax increases promise some deflation: the U.S. is heading into a recession and will try to shift its burdens on to its most docile satellite-the outlook isn’t bright from their point of view.
But we should expect them to try to find ways to treat their present prob- lems as opportunities. Particularly in- viting is the opportunity to undermine our attempts to build alliances with other working class groups.
We’re easing the unemployment rate
by being forced to stay in school. but the cost of our schooiing is. in part. being borne bv the workers. In effect we’re sharing the unemployment with them: their real incomes are reducscd to provide us with subsistence.
Hard-pressed bias The press. which is eager to prevent
any alliances between students and workers. is quick to point this out. They are not so quick to point out that the tax structure of this province makes the working man pay for the government and gives the corporations a lree ride and doesn’t tax capital gains.
If in fact economic conditions are get- ting worse. then workers may become very hostile to students unless we get the message through to them that what we need is to mount a joint attack on the corporations that oppress us both. A tougher corporation tax and a capital gains tax could provide the finance tor both the jobs and the student aid that we need.
So they’ve discovered that they can’t live without us to absorb the unem- ployment that they can’t cure. However. they don’t seem to be able to live with us. either, although no Ontario univer- sity has yet been as crude as the board of governors at Regina. where they have cut off the funds for the student paper because it is aimed at undermining the administration.
Regina will tell
However. we’re not the only people that hear the news reports. Ke can feel sure that the situation is being watched closely by our friendly neighborhood university administrators and that if they get away with it at Regina their example will be followed all over the country.
Fortunately for us. it’s not likely that they will get away with it. But more sub- tle pressures have been felt and will con- tinue to mount.
In summary. then, the managers have a problem. They need us and they will probably feel they have to make what appear to be concessions to us to keep us off the streets. But they don’t have much slack: they can’t go very far to appease us without running into trouble from the taxpayers. In conclu- sion, they’re up against it. :!nd that’s where we’ve got to keep them.
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r by Brenda Wilson Chevron staff
Waterloo Lutheran the culture rangements used. Since it is en- center of Ontario? Well maybe tirely pantomime the sounds must not but their first original effort illustrate the actions and take the in the theatrical world shows place of dialogue. But instead of great promise for future endea- simply playing harmonious classi- vours. cal music Schmidt has indeed
Peter and the Dog, is to say the suited the music to the actions least a new experience in local from an axe sound while Peter drama. writes at his desk to a simulated
Herminio Schmidt, author and storm incurred when peter refuses
director is a student at Lutheran to pet the fearsome dog
who created the play and sound track. In addition the entire cast
The story is weak, the acting is obviously far from professional but
and stage crew is composed of the lighting effects and the sound WUC students. made it worthwhile.
While the play itself doesn’t come across as being in a league The surprising thing about it with Shaw or Shakespeare as far was that it was only 40 minutes as a message or even a controver- long yet all sense of time was sial theme goes, the main interest lost while watching it. lies neither in the play or the The surprise mirrored by the actors. audience after its completion and
What makes the play a worth the questioning faces proved it while effort is the musical ar- was at least unusual.
ome out of your hole: Groundhog loves you?
Oh my goodness gracious. Land sakes alive I’m just flabergasted. Did you see what all them students up there at the ewkneeversity are doing next week? Lordy be. They gonna get to so much carryin’ on they’ll get pimples, an-and rheumatiz too.
Why they got dances, oh I guess nigh on fifteen of ‘em. Yep, fif- teen. I hear six of ‘em are free for nothin. Kids. Why can’t they learn you don’t git nothin’ for nothin’.
Oh and they got six regular movie shows too, and they’re all free. And a regular showin’ of some of the old ones for twenty five cents. Just like when we was young. Lookee here at the “This Week On Campus”. Mercy, mercy. I’m so befudled and mixed up and my seein’s gettin’ not so good no more. How will I ever find out where to go.
Enter hero. They not what they seem? What’s the big idea, coming in
with n’ery a knock? Who are you anyway, one of those sex mani- acs, I’ll bet.
I am the hero. Yea, who says so? I do.
OK, no sense carryin’ on argu- ing. Rape me if you must you big handsome monster. But hurry, pa’s finished in the hen house nearly.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Heros don’t laugh. I should be crying.
Tell me more, oh fair prince of all these far-away places.
There will be two hockey games. Will Bobby Hull be there?
(swoon). Davey Keon? Gump Wor- sley ?
No! The Warriors. Bingo! And thereS concerts and dances
l am hear to tell you about the and wine cellars and three-team
groundhog. rugger. And the winter Olympics.
I LIKE Jean-Claude. Will he be You can’t tell me about them there’, varmits, I lived hear right beside the hotel for years. Seen all sorts No, but the Four Seasons will,
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lar. Evil, evil. Work of the devil, Could I sell brownies? they is. We’re having cheese fondue.
I bring you tidings of great joy, I make good brownies. for unto you is begun come Mon- Sorry, I have to go now. day, a week, A week to bring happiness to all; a time for joy, and
They’re my own special recipe.
fun. Behold the end of winter is ( poof ) Hello pa.
near. A bunch of starry fireworks Who was that? shall be the sign that the spring is on its way,
Pack your bags, pa, we’re goin’ to Groundhog.
Come on young fella, pa’11 be comin’ soon. What fer?
There ‘II be a liars contest, where So’s you can enter the Ugly Man all the three wise men will at least contest. lie truthfully. And maybe the ad- And what about you, ma? minis tra tjon. Or the coordination I’m gonna sell my brownies. department. Again?
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Clicm~eurs’ collage excellent Friday evening in the arts thea-
ter the Chanteurs de Paris pre- sented a festival of merriment. Traditional barriers collapsed as the theater united both performers and audience in the celebration.
The performance began when Charly Bailly, the performing director of the company, burst upon the stage. After introducing himself with a Chevalier-like ac- cent, he dashed across to the pi- ano, and seven slim young French- men in cream-coloured bellbot- tom suits joined him in an explo- sion of light and song. One was immediately struck by the vocal and almost organic unity of their performance. The effect was over- powering and drew the audience right down into their midst. The entire house seemed to stay there right through to the last number, occasionally joining in clapping when prompted by the Chanteurs.
Their first song, “Reveille-toi et Chante”, burst open like a bot- tle of French champagne, that continued to fizz all evening. However, the gaiety was slowed down with professional timing for numbers like ‘Try and Homage
to a Great Man. This latter was an unexpected tribute to that master of fantasy, Walt Disney-a fitting respect from a group that contri- butes a great deal to lightening our hearts.
Les Masques was also in a ser- ious vein: this excellent piece of mime was performed in three masks-representing pessimists, cowards, and hoodlums. Each role took his stand-in French-and suddenly all six participants were jostling in an incidental-motion
mock battle. A word from Mr. Bailly, and the masks were lower- ed: all wore the same masks be- neath.
In contrast to this type of piece, the gaiety of the performance was maintained by songs like La
Flute et le Saxo-a love story be- tween a flute and a saxophone.
The saxophone in a large or- chestra fell in love with a snake charmer’s flute. Naturally, he runs off from the orchestra, but upon finding his beloved, is swall- owed by the snake! All ends hap- pily when the saxophone is playing a celestial solo in heaven. The skit was narrated vocally with the saxophone and flute solos being delivered from backstage -a further example of the versa- tile effects employed. Familiar numbers were done in Franch: Getting to Know You (Pour se Connaitre), Dis Done from Irma
la Deuce, and a vocalization of Music to Watch Girls By. The per- formance closed with a long piece, ln the Streets of Paris. The scene is a Paris street with representa- tive characters (a chef, a lover, a tourist) wandering through. Each one gives an ironic reply to a ques- tion concerning his profession. Unfortunately, this scene is not on par with the earlier mimicry. It tends to be too unbelievable and too unsophisticated for a group of such high calibre. On the whole however, the quality of the show overshadowed any faults it might have had, and the audience res- ponded enthusiastically all even- ing.
Charly Bailly codirects the Chan- teurs with Andre Varel and has
been writing songs since the age of eight. He received training at the conservatory in Paris in singing. comedy, and dance when he was twelve. The other members of the troupe have had similar train- ing, and among them can play piano, guitar, trumpet, bass. saxophone, flute and drums.
The Chanteurs started two years ago and tour North America every winter. They spend the spring on a French tour and the summer at a seventeenth-century chateau in Chartres. Here “in the shadow of the famous cathedral.” they have plenty of time and freedom to work. It is also a ren- dezvous for artists and musicians, including friends from Montreal and Vancouver.
When asked about compari- sons of himself to Maurice Cheva- lier, he modestly confessed he ad- mires the famous performer’s work. They are personal friends. and Varel and Bailly have ivritten two songs for Chelralier. The! have also written a sketch tar Marcel Marceau. whom Bailly describes as ) *the world’s great- est mimic.”
Concerning the arts theater stage, he declared, “I love it. It is the typical illustration of show business. ” He feels that it is es- pecially important for the artists as well as the audience to estab- lish the intimate contact this type of stage promotes. He compared it to the joy of working in a roman amphitheater in France. Satur- day night the Chanteurs de Paris went on to the similar stage at Stratford, before heading north to Sault Ste. Marie.
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ecords by Jim Klinck Chevron staff
Together, Country Joe and the Fish (Phonodisc).
Country Joe and the Fish is one of the more politically aware of the groups playing this style of music. Their music reflects this concern and makes “Together” one of the better voices of people that are concerned.
The opening cut. Rock and soul, certainly isn’t representative of this attitude. It can only be taken as a parody of the talking ‘soul’ groups.
Bright Suburban mr. and mrs. Clean Ma-
chine, is a subtle cut at the futility of todays unconcerned suburbanites.
.\nother of the bitter songs is directed at New York city. “because it is the epitome of intolerence and bigot 1-y that pervades .\merican culture”.
The Harlem song is described by the group as about the “product of 400 years of racism.”
The group is also very stron instrumentally. The organ. drums and guitars are skillfully blended to provide solid backing f’or the thought provoking lyrics.
Stereo--fair Instrumentation-very good Vocals-good
Lyrics-excellent
Release an oath, the Electric Prunes (Warner)
The ‘Prunes t should have quit while they were still ahead with Mass in F. Minor.
This repeat of the electric guitar version of a church service does little more than keep all the Anglicans from feeling left out.
Our Father, Our King is particularly well con- verted to the modern style, but then so were all the songs on the ‘Mass’ album.
It is very easy to become bored while listening to this album. Except for occasional snatches of solo playing, where the talent the group has shines through, it is quite monotonous.
/t is to be hoped that the group soon gets off the religious kick and goes to some original style of music. If not, don’t be surprised to hear an electronic, musical version of a Bar Mitzvah.
Another drawback to the album, is that neither side is much more than 12 minutes long.
Ronnie Robinson, captain of the University of Waterloo hockey warriors has been under the watch- ful eye of several NHL scouts this season.
Jim Gregory of the Maple Leafs and Les Maddox of the Boston Bruins thought very highly of Robinson’s performances in the Xmas collegiate tournament held at Troy, N.Y., during the Xmas holidays.
Robinson broke the record for assists by collecting 11 in three games, he was also selected as the all-star centerman. The War- rior captain was invited by Wren Blair of the Minnesota North Stars to attend training camp.
Warrior trainer is scout for Boston
Ian Young, trainer of the War- rior hockey team, scouts hockey players for the Boston Bruin or- ganization. Young was the finest amateur goaltender in North America in 1966-7. Turk Broda, former star goalie with the Tor- onto Maple Leafs said “Young is the finest amateur goaltender I have seen since Dennis Riggin starred with the Hamilton Red Wings.”
The Scottish imigrant starred with Oshawa Generals of the OHA Jr. A series. He was named all- star goaltender two years re- peatedly. In his final season he was selected the most valuable player in Jr. A. The Scotsman’s career ended when he was struck by a puck fired off the stick of Mickey Redmond flush on the eye. Redmond now stars with the
Montreal Canadiens. If this in- jury hadn’t occurred Ian Young would be now toiling in the NHL big-time with the Boston Bruins.
Ex- Warriors setting .lr A league on fire
Dave Farago and Jim Mc- Master, both former players of the University of Waterloo hockey team, are setting a torrid scor- ing pace for the Guelph Imperials of the Western Jr. A. league. In 18 games thus far, McMaster has collected 26 points on 5 goals and 21 assists. Farago has tallied 28 points on 21 goals and 7 assists.
Farago was on a hockey schol- arship at Dartmouth University last year. In a mere 25 games he fired a fantastic 55 goals and collected 39 assists for 94 points. MeMaster played with the Memo- rial Cup champion Niagara Falls Flyers and was selected as the Flyers number one draft choice.
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On Friday Jan. 31 the Univer- sity of Waterloo ski club is holding a ski day at Mansfield. In addi- tion to Waterloo, eight other uni- versities have been invited to participate.
Mansfield is opening up the area just for the students who have full rights to the whole area including the lodge. A gala bash will be taking place all day and most of the night. By the way the party is strictly BYOB.
Other events planned are an in- ter-university ski race for both the men’s and women’s teams.
The buses will leave for Mans- field at 7:30 am from the campus center.
The cost is a mere $6 which will include the tow ticket, the bus fare and the party.
Tickets will be on sale from 12: 30 to 4 pm every weekday in the campus center and at the x 7.11 P -1 ..^^ ._ v luage r rom 5 to ci : 3u pm.
Everyone is invited to help get this year’s club rolling. Its bound to be a fantastic time.
B-ball Athenas _
64-21 over York
way combining accurate shooting 1 and fast breaks to score 24 field goals and 16 free throws.
The home team had a 35-8 lead at the half and scored 29 points in the last half for the win.
Pat Bland scored 16 points to lead the Athenas to the win. Bev Stueck followed with 13 and Char- lotte Shaule with 12.
The best York effort was Har- riet Handler with 11 points.
The home team returns to action this weekend as Waterloo sponsers a women’s sports day involving basketball, volleyball and badminton. Teams from Wind- sor, McMaster, Lutheran and Guelph will join Waterloo in the competition. The basketball Athe-
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essmen c incite cum by Ross Taylor Chevron staff
Today the University of Waterloo chessmen will be moving into the campus center to take part in the eastern intercollegiate chess tournament. Ten other teams from universities in Ontario and Quebec are expected to be present for the three-day com- petition.
This is the culmination of a great deal of time and effort on the part of the chessmen. Because of the nature of their activities a shroud of secrecy was thrown around the team.
Weight training was pawned off as regular pub nights. By lifting glasses and bottles the team built up the high degree of coordination and muscle tone needed to shift their kings and queeens about the campus center.
The key to successful chess is a subtle mating
of mental concentration and digital dexterity. All players were required to attend every lecture during the past months. By attempting to follow their professors trains of thought the high degree of men- tal concentration needed could be achieved. Digital dexterity is achieved through long hard hours of finger exercise such as telephone dialing, counting marbles and squeezing fruit.
This is the largest intercollegiate tournament in Canada. The Toronto-McGill rivalry will continue at Waterloo. These two teams will probably finish first and second with perhaps Carleton in third place, while Waterloo has a good chance of copping fourth place laurels.
There will be 48 simultaneous games taking place in rooms 207,211 and 217.
Spectators are welcome but silence is requested. This probably-means that the Warriors band and the cheerleaders will not be in attendance.
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In keeping with tradition wea- ther on February 1 should be crappy, wet, sloppy, snowy guk. And thats just what we want, for two reasons.
If the groundhog arises Sun- day morn and sees his shadow, we’ve had it, brother. That means the worst of winter is yet to come. So we want everybody to suggest to their own personal deity in charge of weather that “guk” prevail. Hence the dear Groundhog will not see his um- bras and spring is on the way. Honest.
Also, its the time of the year when people flock away from their diligent studies to try and kill eitller themselves, or someone
else, under the auspices of the winter Olympics.
The Lettermen Club, are again running the whole masochistic show, this year in conjunction with Groundhog week.
Events start at 11 am next Saturday, so get up early, (10: 59) and come over with your perversions. The usual events are being rerun this year. They include the world famous push- ball, broomball, the annual char- iot race that makes Goddard’s “Weekend” mild, and snowshoe racing for people with webbed feet. (transplants allowed).
FREE coffee and donuts are being provided for those of you who can’t face food before sun- set, and there are a real herd of authentic trophies to be won.
Teams are restricted to a 2/3 male, l/3 female ratio, so you
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This all brings us to the problem of personal hygiene, and preven- tion of colds.
Dr. Reesor has not told the Chevron to pass on these helpful hints.
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General Meeting of the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, a corporation under the laws of the Province of Ontario, for the consideration of By-Law number 15, relating to the establishment of a Board of Education, to be held on Monday, January 27, 1969 at 8:00 pm in Room 201 of the Engineering Lecture Building.
The by-law has been formulated by the Board and approved in principle by the Students’ Council. Copies of the by-law are available in the Federation off ice.
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Dare Crichton of the Wavriovs sets the ball as the Warriors defeated the U~uYc’~~si~~~~ of Tows- to Varsity Blues 79-63 in a badly-plaJ*ed highschoolish game marred b-r a lot of’ silly f?urIs.
It’s spikes and sprints time fans The Warrior track team prep- tions and a hazardous unbanked a long leap of 22 feet. 2 inches.
ped for the incipient indoor track cement track led to misfortune season on two fronts Saturday. for both Larry Dixon and Brent
For those who hadn’t noticed.
‘At Guelph, two four-man teams McFarlane as they lost footing Bob Finlay. former \\‘arrior stand-
ran in a lo-mile road relay. The and took spills which cost them out. set a Canadian record a week
team of Paul Pearson, John wins in the 220 and 440. Bruce ago at the Boston KofC games
Kneen. Kip Sumner and Dave IValker defeated a weak field to with a dazzling 8:33.ti second-
Northey finished four seconds easily win the 880 in a walk. place finish to George Young of
behind Guelph’s winning entry. Dennis McGann of the Warriors. Arizona in the f’eature 2-mile.
Pete Olver ran a strong leg for the presently on a work term, won the Saturday. the Warriors travel second Warrior team. long jump at the Canadian junior to Ann Arbor. ;Llich. for their first
At York University. poor condi- championships at Xinnipeg with real test indoors.
UCk arriors tie last-place uelp Captain Ronnie Robinson’s goal at the 15:4i mark
of the third period gave the University of Waterloo Warriors a ‘i-7 tie against the last place Guelph Gry- phons in Guelph Wednesday night. The .Warrior captain also set up right-winger Kenny Laidlaw for two more goals. Orest ” Rum” Romashyna fired two goals and rookie defenceman Dick Oudekerk triggered the other marker.
The Gryphons were paced by Fireheller with two, Weatherhill, Cousineau, Borecky, Litt and Trom fired singletons.
Waterloo looked as though they were going to run the Gryphons right out of Guelph in the first period as they built up an early 4-l lead. A defensive lapse enabled the Gryphons to come out on top after the second period with a 6-5 lead. Despite a great come- back effort the Warriors only managed to put two
pucks past the outstanding Guelph goaltender. Jim Horton, to gain a i-7 tie.
Kenny Laidlaw. the 5’10” 185-pound rightwinget was undoubtedly the best Warrior player on the ice. Laidlaw collected two goals and one assist in this encounter. The powerful rightwinger led many Warrior rushes and whistled numerous shots at the Gryphon net. Rookie defenceman Dick Oudekerk played his usual standout game and collected two points on one goal and one assist. Orest “Rum” Romashyna and Ronnie Robinson also stood out in the evening match.
Despite the strong offence by the IVarriors. the defence was no where near up to par.
Coach Duke Hayes and his hockey If’arriors journey to Windsor tomorrow morning to play the Lancers.
niloo bridgesports cop champions by Wayne Smith Chevron staff
A Waterloo team consisting of Gus German, Rodney Wilton. Gord Chapman and Wayne Smith won the intercollegiate team-of- four championship by half a board with a score of 28.5. The intercolle- giate pairs championship was tied for by G. Calnek and H. Mueller ( Waterloo) with M. Kleinplatz and
S. Caplan ( McGill ). Queen‘s (3). Brock (2). Acadia ( 1). The Waterloo bridge club hosted Toronto (3) and W’aterloo (4). One
this annual event in the campus of the McGill teams were defend- center last weekend. Nine univer- ing the team chatnpionship that sities were represented with a they won last year in Toronto. total of 22 teams playing. This is the largest intercollegiate tourna- The next tournament will be ment ever held in this area. The held in Hart House at the I’niver- teams were: McGill (2). McMas- sit? of Toronto and the \\‘atcrloo ter (1). Guelph (2). CVestclrn (4). team will be there to defend.
e search for a new ad- ministrative head it seems appropriate to survey the condition in which we find ourselves. This I intend to do by pointing first of all to certain general features which have been observed in North American univer- sities. This exercise requires noting ideas and values that motivate various groups in the modern university, asking about the distribution of power in the organization, how various groups are controlled, what the sources of prestige are, how observed organizational features mesh together, and what the consequences of these forces are for the or- ganization and for related publics.
Clark Kerr, formerly head of the University of California, has sug- gested that traditionally academics have organized themselves around such values as “preserving truth, creating new knowledge, and serving the needs of men through truth and knowledge,” (Clarke Kerr, The Uses of the University). These values have become beacons that have frequently been extinguished, but they have had a powerful in- tegrating influence on traditional academic organizations. In these organizations academics banded together more or less as free and equal participants in a collegiate system of joint decision making.
The sociologist Burton Clark (Burton R. Clark, “Faculty Organization and Authority, ” in Terry F. Eunsford (Ed.) The Study of Academic Administration) has discussed the multi-faceted organizational pic- ture of the American university and college. He indicates that no longer predominantly collegial, nor yet systematically and thoroughly bureau- cratic, the system of academic controls is hard to characterize. Though obviously not of one pattern, there is a central “professional” fea- ture in academic life, but, says Clark, “professional in a way that is critically different from the authority of professional men in other or- ganizations such as the business corporation, the government agency, and the hospital.”
In the structure of authority Clark observes many diverse forces: status derived from formal assignments of power, and status derived from standing in one’s discipline, the importance of the work per- formed for the subject matter beyond the boundaries of the organiza- tion, and the work performed for the enhancement of the organiza- tion, finally the traditional sentiments of free inquiry, all these are part of the structure of academic authority.
There exist various divisions of interest and value on the college and university campuses: there are the humanists and the scientists, there is the generalist and the specialist, there is the teacher and there is the researcher. The hallmark of the modern professor is his specialization, his involvement in expert and limited knowledge, his autonomy of decision-making in his area of specialization.
Clark says: “Academic man is a special kind of professional man... To be innovative, to be critical of established ways, these are the com- mitments of the academy and the impulses of scientific and scholarly roles that press for unusual autonomy.”
These specialists do not really live in a “community of scholars.” In all but the very small organizations there is little interaction be- tween faculty members-“interaction is down, commonality of interest is down, commonality of sentiments is down.” Thereby there grow up, of necessity, external controls by specialists in administration, a formal system of authority, a bureaucratic system of co-ordination.
Clark now proceeds to ask how the organization and authority of the faculty accomodate to these trends toward composite structure, a multi- plicity of subcultures, intense professionalism, and bureaucratic co- ordination.
He sees three accomodative trends: segmentation, a federated pro- fessionalism, and the growth of individual power centers.
Segmentation refers to the fact that with increasing size, complexity, and specialization faculties will be unable to operate effectively as corn- mon governmental bodies; decision-making will be more and more segmented, increasingly moved to the departments and. their subdivi- sions.
Professionaiization within large-scale organization represents many problems of control and co-ordination. Where, as in hospitals, one professional group dominates others there is likely to be internal in- tegration of interests and activity. But where, as in the modern uni- versity, dozens of professionalized specialist groups of approximately equal standing compete for power, prestige, and resources, there will be splits and shifting alliances, and thus low over-all integration.
lndividualization implies that in such situations of segmented clusters of experts, individuals and groups will tend to gain power and influence at the expense of laymen and of the general administrator.
Intense specialization makes an academic into a king in his sector. In many instances this personal authority becomes greatly enhanced by money; the professor has become research and consulting entre- preneur. Once only presidents raised money, and although there is usually some regulation that bids academics make their appeals for funds only through some university administrator, this is seldom en- forceable. Such differentials in the access to support and power add to the segmentation already in existence through specialization. But personal authority of academics over the administrative personnel stems in more general manner from the current nature of competitive- ness of the academic job market. “The academic’s favorable position in the market enhances the professor’s position on the campus,”
To what extent is Clark’s analysis applicable to the situation at this university at this time ? To the degree that it is we cannot speak of an academic “community.” And to the degree that we here have seg- mentation, professionalization, and individualization these conditions must surely be taken into account in efforts at filling the post of uni- versity president.
I for one find it impossible to deny that Burton Clark’s analysis is in fact largely applicable to us at the University of Waterloo. I there- fore think that we would do well to consider these aspects when asking
- what kind of a president we want to see head the University.
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by Jim Harding
AS STUDENTS in English Canada we have a particular dilemma that must be faced before any effective reform strategies can be developed.
The dilemma relates to our economic status as a U.S. satellite, with our own form of colonial mentality.
What complicates our task is the power of the North American market place (work, wages, consumption) which encir- cles the bulk of the population, and makes any political relationship between students and, say, workers, exceptionally difficult.
Further complication stems from the “utopian radicalism” developing among some students. More often than not, we’ deceive ourselves (and thus ensure contin- ued isolation and powerlessness) by identi- fying with Third World revolutionaries ( Mao, Castro, Che) ; developing both identity and ideology from them while having no organizational base to work from for our own national liberation, in our own way.
The long haul We have often gone astray, for in-
stance bay seeing ourselves as a vanguard :or the dispossessed.
Now we are beginning to understand our 3wn oppression-within the multiver- sity-and have begun concrete action for reform in our situations. But there is an even longer haul ahead. To break out of a narrow reformism, and see our projects in an international light, with our own national liberation as our focus (side by side with French Canada’s)-this is the present challenge.
We are at a stage where we can no longer do without intellectual clarification of our common situation.
So far we have no examples of papers that have served to focus debate among varying radical groups on different camp- uses across the country. Thus we have not Been a conscious student movement.
Now we are at the point of development. mainly because of an upsurge of unrest on 3ur campuses. where we need a cross-re- qional and inter-campus understanding specific to English Canada.
waking rhetoric Before a student is willing to work
In and off campus for radical change he jr she must break from the images and -hetoric that justify the satellite political economy in which we live.
This rupture usually comes from first- land experience that so contradicts the official rhetoric that a critical thought pro- :ess begins.
Poverty, class structure, our compli- :ity in Vietnam, the integration of educa- Zion into the corporate society, the an- )maly of a mass society; all these have ed to a student radicalism.
But criticism does not, in itself, consti- ;ute a revolutionary analysis. A person nust him or herself be changed for real understanding to occur. Criticism alone :an remain academic.
Toward awareness The roots of a revolutionary are both
existential and historical. We have to realize that without struggle
we as persons have no real freedoms. Freedom is not passive. It is not formal. It is communal: people with similar prob- lems gaining control over the cor,jitions that create their problems.
Freedom is liberating oneself, rhrough communal action, from the power> and
control of another. It is winning self-deter- mina tion.
Do English Canadians want their free- dom? Do students? There is no abstract answer to this. Do those of us here want a real personal freedom-in our universi- ties and later in other institutions? To get it we must struggle for it. And, as we do this we will find that our freedoms and those of the population at large are inter- dependent. To not be repressed in our fight to overcome oppression, we need allies. And vice versa.
Corporate oppression What is our oppression? It is so obvious
it is often missed. It is rooted in our de- pendency. No human can grow, continu- ally, as a wholesome being, while in a dependent status. Our school experience may have already so intimidated us that we cannot remember the taste of freedom. Our university experience may have cov- ered our wounds with status needs.
But in each of us, because we are active beings, is the need to find social struc- tures that allow us to live in community; living creatively, not exploitatively.
We must have the real say and the final say, in what we become as humans. In authoritarian institutions, existing in a satellite, in a world of violence and ex- ploitation, we have neither. And they will not be given to us.
We cannot be free in this communal sense: free to live with and love our fellow man. unafraid to encounter others. while our lives are dominated by the market place. The oppression of others. say in Vietnam or Columbia. resulting from blat- ant imperialism is complemented by our own oppression within the corporate society. Idealogies. profits and power must be replaced with human relation- ships, shared resources and participation. It cannot happen in any vacuum. It is a revolutionary goal demanding revolution- ary struggle.
evolutionary re Our struggle. as students, must be based
in the universities. Control over the educa- tion that affects us is no small issue. Knowledge is increasingly created and used to exploit and kill more efficiently, and our work for real controls over educa- tion is revolutionary because of this.
Corporate capitalism and imperialism will indeed suffer a blow if we can take charge of our education and redirect it for humanis tic ends.
To be revolutionary. “student power” must not be reduced to a token partici- pation in the universities.
Bissell of the University of Toronto and Hare of the University of British Colum- bia are spreading the myth that student activism has and can help update present universities.
Present universities are an appendage to the market place. We cannot accept such institutions. We cannot allow our- selves to be narrowed to such an institu- tional perspective.
Though in our lives we may not see any harmony between new humanistic uni- versities and a new society that no longer exploits and oppresses, our continuous
’ struggle to relate democratization of uni- versities to the struggle for national lib- eration may be the basis for this harm- ony in the future.
To ensure that our perspective remains international, student radicals must be- come a catalytic force for broad social change in Canada. Many of us whose radicalism was rooted in the anti-nuclear movement have mistakenly lost sight of
“The students hanged the Dean in effigy- No, by George, that is the Dean!”
NATO and NORAD as key issues. The role of NATO in the neo-fascist regime in Greece; the danger of the Liberals withdrawing troops from Europe only to further integrate Canada into continental “defense” ; the complicity of the Cana- dian government in oppressing the Viet- namese-these issues have to be linked to university ones.
The Canadian military has already made their link with the university with their research. Students must resist and oppose militarism on and off campus.
Which label? What of our approaches‘? Here is
where our dilemma is most pressing. On the one hand we have some students call- ing for .‘reformism”, whatever that means. On the other hand we have those calling for “revolution”.
In the final analysis reforms are given so that the authority relations of an in- stitution remain stable. No change in in- stitutional arrangement occurs from piece- meal reforms.
CJltimaCely analysis most talk of “Re- volution” turns out to be a poor metaphor- an identity and ideology rooted in some- one else’s revolution.
No identification? This identification by student radicals
( in all capitalist societies) with Third World revolutionaries is both inevitable in our era, and unfortunate. Support and sympathy are one thing. Identification in another.
To identify with the Third World brings with it the danger that strategic models (e.g. “the cultural revolution”. “guerilla war”) not appropriate to our situation will be superimposed into institutional crises here. A kind of apolitical and rom- antic version of radicalism is on the in- crease in all industrial societies.
The *‘repressive tolerance” ( Marcuse I of our societv ( that turns dissent into myth) plus the fact that more and more youth are left hanging-without positive identification with this society-underlies this trend.
Only if it leads to study of world prob- lems and serves as an existential chall-
enge to students to engage in the ncces sary struggles in our own situation cal it have a good effect.
Organbe for reform The answer is not to debate ref’orm 01
revolution in the abstract. The answer i: to organize for needed reform-in sc~hools in universities. in the cities. in the jail: and mental hospitals. and in political in stitutions-without ever stopping. ‘1 re volutionary commitment is a lilt>-long one There is no point in time when the “neces sary change” will take plaoe.
I7ltimately all action f’or institutional reform must be pushed to a r~~cognitior of and opposition to (‘anada’s satellite pol- itical economy.
To just get the institutional reform: (aside from longer range changes in the economy i revolutionary tactics will bt required.
More realize the need to struggle to gel real control over our education 1 abolitior of grades, etc. )
More realize how the constraints or faculty make them conservative if no’ reactionary.
Not enough yet realize the relationshil between the multiversity in Canada ant our satellite economy. Revolutionary tat tics. of some form, will be required once students want real reforms to take place.
The inhuman role of our “fatherland’ (U.S.) in the Third World and our compli city in it: the domination of our lives by the market place and the reduction o human beings to *‘things” that results: ant our complete lack of control over our edu cation-this should be enough to motivate us to act.
And act we must-deliberately. not hap hazardly .
Our real weapon is intelligence-critica thought applied to our own activity. Thi can give us a self-determination that cal evolve into the movement of people nec>dec to combat the giant corporations whici have nothing whatsoever in common wit’ a peaceful. free and fulfilling life. Jim Harding, a graduate of the university of Saskatchewan, is pre- sent/y a teaching assistant at Simon Fraser university.
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PEP-RALLY and S O C Q U E H O P P E . recrea- W E D N E S D A Y tion center gym, after Western-Waterloo bas- AMATEUR R A D I O club, electton of of f t - ketball game, live band, 25~. cers. E1313, 5.1Opm
S U N D A Y Chrrstran FELLOWSHIP lecture, drscussron,
Get ready for GROUNDHOG person and work of chrrst, campus center
women’s lounge, 8pm
M O N D A Y Groundhog presents Federatron of Students N O V A R E S meeting, Phrlrp co-op. A-l dining prestdentral ELECTION, all major foyers.
room, 9pm 9 15am
GENERAL MEETING, Federation of Stu- Groundhog crnema A FUNNY THING Hap- dents, EL201 engrneerrng lecture, 8pm pened on the Way to the Forum, campus center
FRIDAY
Groundhog crnerna WHAT’S NEW P U S S Y -
CAT campus center great hall, free, 1 30pm
Groundhog prevrews the MAYFIELD U N -
I O N , campus center great hall, free, 3 30pm
UGLY M A N CONTEST, campus center
Groundhog hall. free, 4pm
Groundhog QU4DRA-SWING
- -WARRIORS vs Mat MARLINS, Waterloo
Ice palace, 8 30pm
-WILD CHILD (concert-dance), seagram
gym. $2 a body. 9pm wrth the Strtch rn Tyme great hall, free, 1.30pm -GROUNDHOG GAMBOL-dance and bar,
Groundhog presents THE C O P P E R P E N N Y , grubshack. with the Mayfreld Unwon. $2 a body, campus center great hall, free, 3 15pm fun and games rnctudtng turtle races
Groundhog W A R R I O R S vs toronto B L U E S , -semrformal TRADITIONAL PUSSYFOOTING,
Waterloo Ice palace, 8.30pm
Groundhoq M O C C A S I N D A N C E wtth the Paradise Gardens, Guelph, $2 50 srngle. $5
CoPperpenny, grubshack, 9:3opm couple. 9pm
S A T U R D A Y next C A P A U V I N , campus center pub, $1, 10pm GROUNDHOG presents hole-bunches-of-stuff
In the daylrght-and after dark THE VANILLA
T H U R S D A Y FUDGE at 8 30 IIT the recreation center.
Chrtstran FELLOWSHIP drscusston, pro- TRADITIONAL PUSSYFOOTING at 9 in Para. fessors presenting Ideas relative to thetr dose Gardens, C A P A U V I N at IO rn the pub
fields of study and chrtsttantty. EL107, noon and an ANIMAL D A N C E after 10 In the and lpm grubshack
Groundhog cinema THE K N A C K and How to S U N D A Y next
Get I t . campus center great hall, free, 1 30pm Come to the people’s campus center for free WALT G I B B O N S , campus center Ground- amusement from noon ttll F IREWORKS at
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Groundhog L IARS CONTEST, campus center
great hall, free, 3 45 pm
Groundhog’s C A P A U V I N , campus center
pub, Don Crawford, cheese fondue & WINE,
$l., 10 pm
T U E S D A Y
Warrtors R U G G E R CLUB, annual general
meetmg, electton of officers and to England for
next year on agenda, Crty Hotel dtnrng room.
8pm.
Christian FELLOWSHIP discussron session.
dtscussrng any topics of Interest to the group.
campus center music lounge, l -2pm
Groundhog presents EngSocB B A R O Q U E
B O N S P I E L . Glenbttar curlrng club, 1 1 am
‘“Graduate students who wish to apply for the position of Don in the Villages for the Academ- ic year 7969-70 shouid obtain an application form from the Village office, and must submit it to the Warden of Residences prior to the end of February 1969. Applications received after March 1st cannot be considered for ap-
THE CAMPUS CENTER BOARD is reviewing all submissions by campus groups for SPACE ALLOCATIONS of a permanent nature in the campus center. The review committee must have all submissions with detailed requirements by 5pm Monday 3 Feb- ruary at the campus @enter office. Further information available from the campus center office.
Ask at your Placement Office for informative booklets and
arrange for an interview now!
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Yaw shop operated by Students
ssortment of
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all only)
Grad bd gets $2QQQ, now just WhlY, John, why?
Regarding last week’s Chevron masthead: “No- news is good news except when you don’t have enough. Monday’s council meet- ing was a myth,” I only wish this was true as Bergsma’s crew managed to give grad ball $2000 (count them ).
This grant was given in a recorded vote in which there was a definite split between the radical and so-called responsible members of student council. To me $2000 is no myth and a grant, of money like this is definitely news.
One of Bergsma’s election statements was, “Students at large must understand the basis for decision making.” I would like him to explain why grad ball should get $2000 for a big-name band and speaker, when the money could be put to better use. Of course I don’t really expect a revelant answer as Bergsma rarely says anything at council meetings or is available for comment in $is office.
It is too bad the highest office in the Federation of Students is held by a person who not only doesn’t lead but is incapable of leadership. Jn my opinion the election of Bergsma as president of the Federation of Students has been a serious setback to stu- dent causes at Waterloo and has seriously damaged the unity and strength of the federation.
PALJL DIJBE Renison representative
on student council
With seven refutations Kilimnik \ecfures Levitt
It was my intention when this debate on the Wobblies (Indus- trial Workers of the World) began. to clarify for the general reader of this paper. the several analy- tical and factual errors in Cyril Levitt’s article of December 13. Most of this readership had no reason to delve into the histori- cal background of this move- ment as I had. so I felt compelled to share with them the facts that had come to my attention, during the course of researching a paper on the IWW. This reply to Le- vitt’s letter will be limited to seve- ral crucial and objective points.
First, I am solely responsible for any errors or omissions in anything that I do, and they can- not be attributed to the econo- mics department. Second, as to the Chevron being a radical bulletin, the readers of this paper have been fed a steady diet of Mar- cus, Marx, Hayden, Saxe, Levitt, Rand, Ginsberg, etc. over the past few months. One must only look at the space devoted to these arti- cles, and the editorial policy of the Chevron in past editions. Third, I do understand the radical student movement and that is why I both oppose and fear it.
Fourth, I don’t have to check with Prof. Leo Johnson as I know where the library is, and I also know that the early Christians were subject to repressions, but unlike the Wobblies it gave them strength. Fifth. you talk of “the Great White Father in Washing- ton” and violence of the early mining camps, while what is rele- vant to this discussion is modern mixed capitalism. with its social security measures, built-in-stab- ilizers, etc. Sixth, the last hund- red years of capitalism have been characterized by generally rising real wages, and capital accumulation. but the point here in dispute is the period of the last few years. nising GNP cor-
rected for rising prices is but one indicator of rising pros- perity. Another sign is that of rising manufacturing wages, statistically modified for rising consumer price indices. The fol- lowing figures showing the growth of real wages for various countries during the period 1963 to 1968 were compiled from the Bull&n of babor Statistics: ’ )in- ternational Lnbor Organization. Geneva, 1968). Real wages in the manufacturing sector grew 12 per- cent for Canada; 8 for the [ISA: 9 for Japan; 9 for Italy: and 34 percent for Formosa. These fig- ures have been corrected for inflation. Thus the real welfare of workers is increasing, as simi- lar conditions charactcrize the Western world at this time.
Seventh. although I could write much more here. if Levitt is still puzzled, I would be glad to per- sonally explain to him any of these analysis. statistics. etc. t’o~ obviously we are unfortunatel>- functioning in two different in- tellectual worlds. and further tie- bate in the Chevron will not ser\*e to narrow this gulf.
ROBERT KILIMKIK economics 3
Jacques praises sports, Iuuds br illianf reporting
I am’ taking this opportunity to thank you for your prompt action on my letter of Tuesday last.
The pennant-winning idea of combining girl’s volleyball and men’s grappling just tickled me pink! Mr. Taylor is obviously of All-American calibre.
The hockey stories are also taking shape as league leaders. I think your team is finally gelling under the coaching of your new sports editor, Vacant.
Keep up the Stirling display. ,JACQUES O’BRlEN
art& 4
oes her bankipog I&y rr~~~i~~ no spuce in parking 1st
I read with horror Mr. Hamil- ton’s tale of Curly and the goon squad, and I wonder how many (pardon my language) st,udents can afford the expense. we wives of staff members can’t.
If it cost me $24 to retrieve my car I would become dangerous; especially in view of the fact that it’s already costing my husband three dollars a month to climb two snowbanks twice a day. The fresh air and exercise are free.
However, I never park illegally, I’m one of those frustrated women you’ve seen in the past touring lot Bl for the best part of an hour, trying to park where my husband won’t get a ticket.
NO more. I never go to that place for more than a quick pick- up. I cash my personal cheque, drawn on that branch, in another bank (with a chequing account you pay for every withdrawal anyway) and make all my depo- sits by mail. The morale of the parkers around there must be something historical.
BEVERLEY SAWYER a reader
Cdister misinterprets Dean Cross’s ambitions
Friday, Jar?uary 24, 1969 (9:39) 693
WAY OUT-Theology and social change was sponsored Jan- uary 12, 13 and 74 by the Waterloo Student Christian Move- ment. An (attempt to induce free discussion and criticism of traditionat church ritual and doctrine, it experimented with unstru-i:tured group sessions and impromptu guest speakers. In this article, the author explains why he felt Way Out failed both ideologically and structurally.
66 R ELIGION is a form of mass cussion along the lines of the numerous escapism”. The SCM’s recent . handouts and pamphlets.
a &conference was a valid exam- ple of this writing upon the wall.
Participants escaped from the restric- tions of an organized conference, the logic of related discussion and the reality of human intentions.
The conference was planned to be un- structured, and in this regard it was successful. The problems which were supposed to be discussed usually were, except although clouded by meaningless and frequent digressions.
Church role must change The theme topic centered on the irrele-
vence of institutional churches in rela- tion to the societies of today: should not the church be the motivator of change rather than a maintainer of the status quo?
Included in the initial talks was an attempt to find the motivation of basic human beliefs, emotions and reactions. impromptu speakers revaled con- cern for the de-humanization of man and most of all, in today’s social and political
revolution. The purpose of the conference was to
provide a new direction to those involved through political theology-in effect, a way out. Supposedly, a new awareness was to inform those who were not sure, where they stand.
But where they stood for the three day duration of this excursion is very much in doubt.
For the most part, the dialogue diver- ged into a meaningless attack on various social and political institutions. Every recent news headline was fully investiga- ted then eventually discarded for more useless opinions.
roved to be the ignorance of most of the participants on theology and therefore their inabiKcy to relate social and political changes to it. Those familiar with theology were pither unable, or had no desire to direct the dis-
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Tactics, according to the much ignored schedule, were to be discussed on the final day. Again the lack of religious un- derstanding reduced the discourse to an unrelated, disorganized debate; ranging from personal associations and their political preferences to the civil rights movements.
Control was missed Here it was necessary, if any success
was to be claimed, for conference to control its divergent tendencies. Here there should have been some concrete suggestions and plans for the future. Here, they failed.
The talk broke up as the dialogue be- came as irrelevent as the institutions they were attacking.
Political theology was defined as a critical corrective, meaning that within a religious framework, solutions to pre- sent problems might be found.
This idea considering theology as a social science-had never occured to most of us. Perhaps we were right in the assumption that theology has no rele- vence to society and is basically an in- dividual concept.
However, some feel religion can be related to modern society. They suggest religions have become too individualistic, and that there is a need to reassess the relationship between man and god.
One line of discussion suggested the church use its traditional “love” to liber- ate the oppressed. This &vould involve a basic change in the scope and direction of the church, discouraging the reproduc- tive nature of established institutions. In the case of the church, it would perhaps be necessary to eliminate it.
With the unique topics and framework, the Way Out conference had the oppor- tunity to discuss some very interesting and thought-provoking concepts-con- cepts long institutionalized and seldom criticized. It was indeed unfortunate that more of the participants were not aware of what should have been discussed. They were usually so far from the topic that
they were not only not aware of what, but also why it should be discussed.
With the purpose self-defeated, there was little hope tactics would evolve.
Lost in tangents Speakers tended to relate personal re-
lationships and experiences. They wanted to define political leanings, recent move- ments and the success of violence.
It seems to me history has proven that, for the most part, whatever is instigated by violence tends to be violent throughout its existence.
Surely these arm-chair revolutionaries, the majority of whom have led sheltered lives free of any major social or political upheaval, could decide on some future goals.
Surely they could introduce some ideals without commenting on the inevitability and indeed, the benefits of some up- coming massive revolution which will cure all the ills of society and right the many wrongs.
It was suggested that tactics can only be discussed in terms of goals, but Way Out had neither tactics nor goals.
In a note of moderation, Phil Eastman of the Physics department suggested that if one man converted another, and he the same, one every year, the entire population of the world would be con- verted to the ideals of the first in thirty three years. This did not appeal to the impetuous idealism of others.
Fishbowl had no water The structure of the conference was
sometimes refreshing. It included small workshop groups, formal lectures, films and what was referred to as a “fishbowl” -a group of “resouce people” surrounded by interested individuals.
But it never materialized, whether
rigid framework perhaps may have been more effective in communicating ideas.
A conference of this dimension could be compared to the Conciliar Movement of pre-Renaissance Europe. There was an attempt then to change the existing church structure, but unlike the unsuccess- ful conciliarists, those taking part in Way Out discussions were not being threatened by exterior force. There was no need to have a supporessor since the talks never materialized into organized and related dialogue.
God’s not dead-we are? The organizers wanted everyone to do
his (or her) own thing. Everyone seemed to do just that. The problem arises when their own things do not coincide with the purpose of the conference.
Theology is relevent to social and poli- tical change-if you follow some religious ideals. For those who do not share a similar belief, perhaps theology can be a means to an end, for theology relates to human existanee in that it forms a ration- ale for human intention.
The participants who bothered to re- late their discussions to political theology generally felt that it was possible to work through religion to attain a style of life never yet experienced. For them, theology was relevent in today’s society, and for others, the conference provided an opportunity to express their personal views on recent and historical events.
TO this observer, the conference was irrelevent and produced little in the way of useful dialog or sound proposals for the future.
through lack of the former or the latter - __I_-
component is still not certain. Pictur above is pfX?SddC?lat A conference of this type requires that Peter arrian de/b the participants have some background a pomico-
knowledge of either the issues or the cum socio-economic-theological
method of approach. value aationak3tion of ritual in Because this was not the case, a more religious practices.
nor miscalculation? There are some errors you can
orgive your leaders for. Nobody s perfect Yet we wonder how long he students of this university are villing to tolerate the incompe- ence of the Bergsma regime.
It is bad enough to be unfamiliar with the way our student union operates but it is another to deny Iroper representation to a consid- arable number of federation mem- jers by sheer carelessness.
But that is what is about to hap- Ien.
Every year at this time calcula- ions are made to determine the listribution of student council ieats for the coming term of office. This year they were done ‘or the executive by student-acti- lities chairman Jim Belfry on the orders of president John Bergsma.
But Belfry seems to have blown .t and gypped his own constit- lency, mathematics, and another, graduate studies, of a member each for the 1969-70 term.
Belfry has announced that the distribution will be the same as last year. But calculations done with close attention to the federa- tion bylaws and the official en- rolment report of the registrar to
the senate and board of governors show that the proportions of math- ites and grads have grown so that they each get one more seat. The distribution of the math seats within the faculty between the regular and co-op sections means that regular math gets the extra seat.
Belfry on the other hand claims to have got his figures from the coordination department which hardly seems reasonable when you’re talking about registration figures for all faculties. Have our “responsible” leaders found some new channels of communication with the administration?
The best that math and grad students can hope for is this ques- tion being raised at Monday’s council meeting by some irres- ponsible radical council member who -doesn’t responsibly toe the don’t-question-our-savior-John line.
On February 19 students in these and other constituencies should elect representatives who will make sure the executive will be responsible to them and the students they represent. Bergs- ma’s and his executive’s mis- takes are proving far too costly.
Best man -not power -wins Those people who fear student
power and positively shake at the thought of student control of any part of their education or their university should consider recent events in the newly-formed camp- us center board.
as its chairman-a position which is always a powerful one.
Johnson was chosen over Nick Kouwen, grad rep on student council and avid supporter of fed- eration president John Bergsma.
The independent board which governs the running of the cam- pus center was set up after the student takeover of the building in November. It has a student majority and unlike other commit- tees in the university which have had student participation, it does not report to administration auth- orities who can disregard its rec- ommendations.
This development is not an earth-shattering one but it does indicate a positive approach by the students involved and bodes well for the future of student involvement in the decision- making which affects their lives.
Yet despite this triumph for student power, the membership (which also includes faculty and administration -representation) elected history prof Leo Johnson
The best man was chosen for the job, regardless of his “pro- fessional” role and regardless of political debts that might be owing to his opponent. We can only hope that such a broadminded attitude can carry over into faculty and administration-dominated areas. Unfortunately this would mean a lot of people having to change the conceptions they hold so dear.
WY - Y et another a
ive us your oar, your tired,
your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free...or to paraphrase another
great American-
we will take anything, anytime, from anyone for the cause of peace,
freedom and filled sports pages,
Blow in her ear and they’ll follow us everywhere!
Write in Winnie-the- Enee-meenee-mienee-moe, catch a president by the toe, if he’s radical let him go, enee-meenee-mienee-moe.
But who’s moe this time? John Bergsma isn’t-he’s not
making anybody happy. This council is still giving mon-
ey to the radicals and sponsoring radical projects. They’ve even given money to off-campus politi- cal causes, such as the Peterbor- ough Examiner strike and the grape boycott-in direct contra- diction to their original platform plank against going off campus.
Yet Bergsma can’t expect the radical vote either, not after sup- porting such worthwhile ventures as a $2000 subsidy for grad ball revellers to enjoy a big-name American band. That step moves against a council policy of user- pay in social activities in effect for over two years.
It’s even hard to see why John has bothered to run again. He obviously doesn’t find the job en- joyable; he isn’t motivated to do anything with the supposed full- time post; he’s discovered he’s totally unsure of even his own personal philosophy; and he’s no longer needed to save the federation. So why bother?
* * * Ron Golemba is the only new
name on the ballot-too new un- fortunately.
His platform seems to be a quickie paste-up job of election promises picked to gather the most possible votes-a method of running that hasn’t been seen on this campus for many years.
His platform of letting graduate
students separate from the feder- ation clearly shows his weakness- es. Unaware as he is of the history of trying to keep the grads and undergrads together or of the problems separation would cause, he seems to have latched onto this platform plank as a sure vote- getter.
Golemba badly needs exper- ience somewhere else in the fed- eration before he can be consider- ed qualified to be president.
* * * Larry Burko should have stop-
ped running for president while people were still laughing-now he’s turned serious, he’s not so funny.
The only candidate with a con- crete platform, Burko makes it clear that being leader to him means reflecting the exact wishes of the people. He talks of chang- ing with the campus.
But who then will lead us into change while Burko is reflecting majority alienation and powerless- ness? Who will lead us to power?
And Burko should talk to Bergsma, or Iler, or Ireland, if he thinks he can improve commun- ications with the administration. The price they charge for talking to you is complete agreement with what they say. The only thing they’ll agree with Burko on is the fact he runs good dances.
* * e Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub; the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker; but unfortunately no president. .
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