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Pro-tern

academic

Minus

now

The pro-tern administration of the University of Waterloo is digging in for a long interim. On july 1, arts dean Jay Minas becomes pro-tern academic vicepresident for a term of at least a year. Minas was chosen by interim administration president Howard Petch who announced his choice at an arts faculty council meet, ing tuesday. The appointment was a rushed apparently agreed one_Minas to take the job sunday. By tuesday both the general group and the executive committee of arts council had agreed to a leave of absence from the arts deanship for Minas. Wednesday Minas was gone for a three-week vacation. Minas will be number two in the pro-tern administration, and like Petch, he says he will return to his old position when a new administration president is found. Speaking to the arts faculty council, Petch complained that the two jobs he now holdsadministration president and academic vicepresident-were both fulltime before Gerry Hagey’s retirement. He also complained of having to cope with the responsibilities handled by Bill Scott until his premature departure from the pasition of provost (and dean of men ). Petch added that his off-campus especially next responsibilities, fall and winter, would require two

Arts

council

At a meeting of the arts faculty council tuesday, approval was given for a free week for arts students next year. .

vicepresident

The motion, presented by Jack Gray, associate arts dean. called for a free week in the seventh week of the winter term. without lengthening the term beyond may 1 and without shortening the number of weeks in school.

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days a week. He is member of the science council of Canada and frequently attends meetings in Ottawa. Arts faculty council was told by Petch that a new administration president by September was all but impossible. While the appointment of Minas was sudden, it was no surprise. Some faculty members

Where

have been speaking of Petch’s increasing - reliance on Minas for ever help in decision-making since Petch became interim admin president in january. The about-to-be vacant post of arts dean will be filled by election in the arts faculty. Speculation gives the edge to english prof Ken Ledbetter, who is- currently deputy dean of arts.

the powef

Those interested in the study of power in high places will have some things to watch from the president’s council in the next 12 months. The council is a high-level body advisory to the president and consists of the vicepresidents, deans and university treasurer. Although it is not a legitimate decision-making body (in the sense that it is defined in the university act), the president’s council usually considers and ‘approves all university projects, programs and development. This is greatly facilitated by ability of the members to change hats and become the university budgets committee, which they also constitute. In September only four of the nine at present on the council will be here. The chairs of the deans will be filled by five new

OK’s reading In other words, the three-week exam period shortened to two weeks.

present will

be

Implementation was delegated to the arts undergraduate affairs group. which formulated the original proposal. Arts students, in a survey conducted by student reps Larry Caesar and Betty Burcher,

lies

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men, one a new dean and four in acting dean capacity. Science’s new dean W.B. Pearson takes over from Pete McBryde july 1, the same time as prof Lynn Watt (electrical engineering ) becomes acting graduate-studies dean for George Cross and arts also gets an acting dean. September 1 will see statistics and chemistry prof William Forbes as acting math dean for David Sprott and them eng prof D.S. Scott taking over for engineering dean Archie Sherbourne for a year. Sherbourne will be on leave at the University of the West Indies. Sprott and Cross will be on sabbatical. Experience on the council will lie with interim administration president Howard Petch, acting academic vicepresident Jay Minas, operations vicepresident Al Adlington and treasurer Br_uce Gellatly .

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were 75 percent in favor of the adopted motion. Reading weeks. as they are known at most universi-ties. have been a common request at Waterloo for several years. both from serious students and serious skiers alike. However, the shortness of the Uniwat academic year. as compared to ( other universities has usually beeh cited as the block to instituting them here.

Another dastardly PP&P plot has been uncovered. AU those new trees which you see being plunted all over the campus are not really hew trees at all, but are being imported from somewhere else on campus. In a PP&P tree-bee,

The final solution o,f the were-to-put-it problem: the sphinxbullet&g board-sculpture-public washroom bus been purchased by A-l Adlington as a status garage for his volksrvagen.

Council

approves

ous withcfruwal The Federation of Students has dropped out of the Ontario Union of Students, effective immediately. The federation’s student council, meeting may 3, adopted the suggestion of its executive and president, Tom Patterson, and sevevered relations. Although many Ontario campuses have left the Canadian Union of Students in the past year, Waterloo is the first out of OUS. Patterson, an OUS executive last year, blamed the ineffectiveness of the union for Waterloo’s disenchantment. “OUS doesn’t do much,” he said, “Partly because the provincial base is a weak one. Little is achieved by the provincial lobby because they keep getting put off to the federal government. In turn the federal government claims it’s provincial business. ” The leadership of OUS was not the problem. “They’ve done all they can,” Patterson said. The council accepted Patterson’s claim that the whole

question of responsibility for areas of concern to students has to be dealt with by one union, which is neither “national” or “provincial” in character. “Provincial unions lead to provincialism,” he said: Patterson denied that a tight budget passed recently was the reason for the withdrawal. However the question was first raised when Patterson’s new executive was drafting the budget. “There was $3300 for OUS and we started asking just what OUS was accomplishing.” Patterson and his executive are waiting to see what the proposed refounding convention of CUS will bring. “Council considered holding a referendum, but decided against it,” he said. “If we have a referendum on a revamped CUS, we may put the OUS question to the students then. Meanwhile we couldn’t hold a vote until October, which would screw up our budget and OUS’s too.”

Lobban’s lackies dig up one of those nice trees in front of the arts libr*al:l*aIlL/ reinter it between the physics and chemistry buildings. Where did th(l~q dig up those cables they %e burying by the campus center’


Most

students

co-op

in labor

Any unemployment problems this summer have been avoided by the students registered in cooperative courses. Of the 1700 students on their work term. all but a handful are employed in Canadian industries and corporations. In addition to these students, coordination director Bert Barber sees no problems for the 1500 students going out to work this fall.

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Housing

office

Placement this year has been the hardest it has ever been in the history of the 12 year program, Barber stated. He didn’t say anything the nature of the jobs.

needs

movies

and

bring

pianist

dunces

on campus

Chopin’s

Twelve.

studies

federation

(opus

70).

On Wednesday, the Orford String Quartet performs. They will appear at the Stratford festival later this season. On their Wednesday program are Haydn’s Quartet D minor (opus 76, no. 21, Ravel’s Quartet F Quartet major and Smetana’s

past councils as well as being a past vice-president of the Canadian Union of Students. He is presently on the CUS national council. New to the exec board is vicepresident Tom Berry who was acclaimed math rep in the february elections. Berry is a pastpresident of the math society. Council treasurer Brian Cere, a non-voting member of council has had some experience in working for the arts society. Board of external relations chairman Larry Caesar is another new executive member elected as an arts rep in february. Caesar has been active in arts faculty council and the undergraduate affairs commission of the history department.

(from my life).

Both concerts are in the arts theater and the CANCAM sponsors are budgetng for a loss even with a full house. These programs do not deserve the sparse audiences much of the past season’s creative-arts programs received.

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Married students

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participants will be divided small groups of between six ten peopleeach. Meetings be weekly for periods of up to hours. \

’ Interested students should tact counselling services.

to get

If you are a married student, and are tired of walking to the women’s residence to see your wife, don’t despair. Help is on the way in the form of a residence for all Waterloo students cohabitating the legal way. The 600-unit complex has been given approval by the university board of governors. and now must only pass the federal government to become a reality. The government. must give its permis-

con-

residence Phone

The complex, to be located on Bauer field ( between Seagram drive and University ave ), will consist of one- and two-bedroom apartments. Rent should be about $120 and $140 a month respectively.

OF BYELECTION

Federation

Ontario

sion to build the residence, as they are paying 90 percent of the $6.500,000 building costs. The first 300 units will hopefully be completed in the fall of 1970.

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Nominations for representatives to students’ council from students in the faculties of engineering and mathematics (coop only) open Wednesday 21 may and close Wednesday 28 may at 5 pm; The seats to be filled are: engineering - 3 seats; co-op math - 1 seat The election will be held Wednesday 11 june. Nominations forms are available in the federation office (campus center) from Helga Petz, and should be returned to that

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executive

Louis Silcox, a non-voting council member, was BSA chairman under Bergsma. Fillimore, eng rep and Sinisac, arts rep, have both been returned to their executive posts. Board of education chairman Dave Cubberly has been on four councils since february 68, but holds his first executive position. Geoff Roulet, a former science rep is back on council as pubs chairman and is a non-voting member of council. He was pubs chairman under Brian Iler until Iler’s defeat in last november’s ‘bye-electibn. Another experienced member is speaker Dave Young who has held two executive positions on

Federation President Tom Patterson has experienced people behind him in his newly-chosen , executive. The new student council executive chosen at the council meeting of april 26 is as follows : vice president, Tom Berry, math 3; treasurer, Brian Cere, economics 2; creative arts, Bob Sinasac, arts 3; external relations, Larry Caesar, history 3; board of education, Dave Cubberly, polisci 3; board of publications, Geoff Roulet, grad math; board of student activities, Louis Silcox; communications, Barry Fillimore, mech eng 3b; speaker, Dave Young, grad-poli-sci. Three of the chairmen held their executive positions in John Bergsma’s executive.

Next friday (may 23) another dance at food services will feature Terry and the Pyrates.

Again this term counselling services is organizing a series of intensive experiments in group interaction. Designed for any student who wishes to improve his understanding of others and develop both insight and emotional matur-

NOTICE

more

New

The oldie is W.C. Fields’ classic, Never give a sucker an even break. The newie is Fahrenheit 451 with Julie Christie. Admission is 75a.

The engineers are bringing some real talent on campus-the faculty engineers, that is. Two classical concerts have been arranged to entertain delegates to the Canadian congress of applied mechanics (CANCAM ). Tickets will also be available to students, staff and faculty at the arts theater boxoffice. On tuesday, twenty-three-yearold Spanish pianist Rafael Orozco makes his North American debut. Orozco’s program consists of Mozart’s Sonata in A minor, Schuman’s Toccata and Scenes from childhood (opus 15), Prokofiev’s Sonata no. 3 in A minor and

Interaction

houses Anyone willing to sublet an apartment or who is planning to give up their place this september is asked to call the housing office as soon as possible at 7446111, extension 2715 or 2825. The office is located in the top floor of the arts library.

The federation’s board of student activities presents a dance. with the Orange Tangerine tonight at 9 in food services. Admission for federation members is $1. Two full-length movies will _ be shown in physics 145 wednesday may 21, an oldie and a newie.

Engineers

about

Barber also said starting salaries for graduate engineers have shown an appreciable increase and are now averaging about $663. a month.

regular students Although have been off-campus only a month, requests for fall term housing are already pouring in. The off-campus housing office needs any available apartments or rooms, as placement lists.are now being drawn up.

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Flowery phrases abou.nded, but Whether the university should take a stand on the important islittle -was decided at the inaugural meeting of the university sues of the day is a decision one act committee tuesday. person or group cannot make, he The committee is attempting to continued. Some sort of collective revise the university, constitution opinion must. be obtained. Also in preparation \for the, switch to ‘the university must be a “deveIoping thing that can change over single-tier government. the vears” Patterson concluded. In his opening remarks, com. questioning mittee chairmanTed Batke referrThe of the role of ed to the university as the-instituthe university soon gave way to a tion which represents the highest discussion of the role of the presiin scholarship, research, and dent of the university in the context teaching. The university, he said of a new form of government. “serves human mind in its highOn this score,- two ideas were est ideals.” batted around. In attempting to define the role of the university in our society, The first, put forth by chancellor mech eng prof Thomas BrzusIra -Needles, was that a governtowski. Faculty Association rep. ,’ ing body cannot be responsible for felt it was important that memday-to-day problems. It would be bers of the university communiup to the president as “chief exties exhibit freedom of expression. ecutive” to take this responsibility. He was unsure however,, if in The second view was that prothis day and age the university posed by Craig Davidson, repas an institution should have this resenting the board of governors. same right. There is a danger, according to He felt a president would have a position analagous to the job of a federation president Tom Patterprime minister in a parliamentary son that outside powers may use situation. the university. The question exists In this case the president would as to how best maintain the quest be responsible to‘ all elements in for knowledge without these powthe university with all decisions ers extinguishing the university filtered through committees. from without.

Mcantech

the ideal

The search and nominating committee for the selection of a candidate for president of the university of Waterloo held its second meeting may 9, considered names of ‘some potential people and talked about the ideal man. Retired president G&y’ Hagey - was a special guest and he and interim president Howard Petch .presented their ideas on the ideal president. ’ .Hagey said there are ten pers‘onal characteristics the president should possess. These traitswhich sound somewhat like those found in a boy scout manual-are: a sense of responsibility. fairmindedness, a positive outlook, practicality, patience, consideration. persuasiveness. and understanding of the universitv situation in Canada and maybe in On-

The humanities building nears September, it will probably be the offCal, I _ 7. opening . . will be. ; next /

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_tario, and the ability to accept and cope with Waterloo’s adventurous spirit.“ Petch felt - that courage should *be added to the list. Also he said a “sense of balance” is essential in a‘ president who faces hard deci$i,ons.‘dajly and has to live with them. He added that the president must sense the need for student and faculty participation. Hagey and Petch agreed that the new president should be “academicalIg acceptable”. with administrative experience equivalent to that of a dean. In other business. student representation was increased to four with the addition of Bob Sinasac. All discussion of names of candidates will be confidentia1 but other aspects of the committee’s meetings are open to all.

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Beauty is ,what you make of it. The campus center was made beautiful this week by* the addition of multi-colored posters for sale to the hordes. It is obvious however, that too many people in the. beautifying mood can get in their own, and each others way.

Students

set up summer

The job shortage this summer may no longer be a problem for ten Waterloo students. Along with others who will be helping out in their spare time, they are planning to establish an overnight summer camp on the north campus for public school children. ’ $ Fund-raising appears to be the ,main obstacle to the camp. Approximately $15,000 is required to operate the camp for a nineweek period this summer, based on a minimum of 50 campers. Assuming the money can be found, the group is proceeding with plans for the cam-p itself. Situated on the undeveloped 750acre north campus of the university, containing a man made 250acre lake, Camp Columbia will operate for eight weeks during july and august. It will have a minimum capacity of 50 publicschool-age campers, during each of the four two-week periods. Additional capacity will depend upon the success of the fund-raising campaign. Accommodation will be provided in tents for both/campers and staff with an overall ratio of one staff member for each five dampers. A program committee, consisting of u,nivkrsity students with a broad range of. camping experience, is already planning activities for the camp and is ‘enlisting the assistance of many specialists in various areas, from both the university and the surrounding community . Full co-operation has been guaranteed the camp by, the university in providing the site, supplying the camp with food, making its facilities available and providing special resource people. The organizers are hoping to develope a spirit of community among the campers by de-emhhasizing competition and emphasizing the value of co-operation. by involving the campers as much as possible in the day-to-day decisions at the camp; and minimizing the ’ use of, disciplines and overt authoritvin favor of group ii‘iscus- 1 sion of any problems which arise. With.the failure of the economic situation to,’ provide meaningful summerjobs for many university ~, I

students, : there will be no difficulty recruiting competent,. experienced staff for the camp. Based on the projected ‘minimum of 50 campers. three or four students will, be employed during may and june, handling the myriad of details which make for a successful camp and’ doing intensive fund-raising in the twin cities. ,, Ten students will work full time at the camp during july and august, as counsellors, swimming instructors and supervisors, craft and field trip supervisors and business agents, and organizing food-serving and maintenance. Rick Paige and Ross Taylor were appointed at a recent meet-

camp

ing to select camp.‘-’

Many of the girls contacted mentioned a phone call from a metic company as well as a few calls for babysitting jobs, Both these offers were usually refused.

for

the

One of the initiators, Brian Iler. said. “Besides the usual summer camp program. we hope to attract faculty members such as biologists. historians and anthropolgists. whose specialties or hobbies might be of interest to the campers: The resources now lying dormant at the university each summer present all sorts of fantastic opportunities for the camp. ” The group would prefer children who otherwise would not have a chance to go to camp. : The project is aimed at putting some reality into the rhetoric about the university being a community resource.

Free uds net few The student action ads in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record have been of little assistance to students seeking summer jobs. + Interviews early this week with students who had placed ads indicated little favor with the results. In the majority of cases where students had been able to get jobs it was as a result of their own initiative. A few students had accepted jobs as a result of the ads. A reply typical pf many was from a third-year geography student: “The calls which came were for construction work or bookselling. I applied in Galt for field work in geography but the budget had been reduced and I was refused. ” His final ‘comment, like many, was b*I’ll probably be able to return to university in the fall. but I got my job due to an inside contact at the place.”

personnel

I

iobs

The Record had allowed the ads to run for three days without cost. A representative of the paper has said “I expect the service to end by mid-may.” Contrary to an article ‘in the Record student services in the area are not ‘in demand’, ‘The papers action to assist the iY students with free ads is a posi- tive measure. However any beneficial results seem remote at this time.

oh horrofs! a byelection

! .

There will be an election wednesday. june 11 to choose. four representatives to student council. The spring term engineers will fill three seats. and the co-op math students will fill one.

COS-

Thus many students had received calls, some as many as ten. but the positions offered were mainly , .unacceptable. * . .,

Next wednesdav may 21. the ‘\ nominations will’ open for one week, and the exciting campaign speeches. election promises, and _ baby-kissing will follow. Nomination forms are available from Helga Petz in the federation office. ._ . &day,

may

16, 1969 (10.2)

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ADMINISTRATIVE,&

MISCELLANEOUS

r . ,’

GENERAL

STUDENT GOVERNMENT * Summer meetings and travel Entertainment Executive travel Elections, referenda, , general meetings ADM-INISTRATCVE 1 Remodelling Stationery & off ice supp\ies Xerox & telegraph ’ Telephone & telegraph, Postage Capital equipment _ Insu fance Repairs & maintenance Pfof essional fees & expenses Off ice salaries TOTAL .

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.

L. ~ ,

8:‘:- _,

. _ .* 600 200 400 ^_ 600

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300

2,000 509 1,000 ‘.200

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--- _.-. - -a CQN~FEREI VCES -~ AND- SE.MINAIQ ,* ?- --1 ---~,.-‘--,. CUS natfonaf CO~I~~:F~II~;C; &YlS ~: national.seminaf , ‘ ---;.- .- 1

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ous ’ . ‘,. / CUSO conference WUSC national assembly . WUSC international conference. Speciat conference tind seminars SPEAKERS fees and honoraria POLITiCAL AFFAIRS C0MMiSSiON National programs support & Inter’ national solidarity fund Political ofganizations committee DOMESTIC AFFAIRS COMMISSION ‘- ,- Programs andcommunity action projects Indian community action projects Labour committee Canadian native people’s scholarship _ Summer camp INFORMATl.ON SERVICES AND REPRE, . 1 ‘._.SENTATION COMMISSION -. :- i ;. A&er.tisinq Sui-ieys y j , -. ‘4, % p Librarv Research and study Foreign student program INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION CUSO j CIASP Crossroads Africa Board travel and expenses pool ” Chairman’s salary

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‘900

200 600 700 3,000 1,000 1,000 1 ;ooo 400 500 200 200 2,000 500 100 50 2,600-1,000 75 500 850 400 200

19,975 COMMUNICATIONS

Council news Publicitv: Posters Chevron ads Councillofs’ communications Information booklet I External communication Development Ch,airman’s salary

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Subsidy RADIO

3:: 500 100 250 500 200

WATERLOO

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579 570

475 9%

100 . -100

TOTAL

1,310 360 I 2rn

200 200 Ann -tuu

EXPENSES

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3,900 1,000 1,200 500 1,300 2,000 300

10,200

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23;635 BOARD, .‘I*

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75,850

57,900

CHEVRON Printing CUP membership Distribution Mailing Telecommunications tolls Telex Telephone Conference attendance Travel and expenses Research and Ii brary Editor’s salary Bound volumes Staff salaries Summer research Off -term employment Capital supplies . Photo supplies M iscall’aneous supplies Revenue after commissions

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of 6 to 10 people,1 meeting weekly for 1% to 2 hours. The purpose of the group experi‘ence is to provide an opportunity to students to explore for themselves the following: -to get to know themselves and others better to develop their social skills in - to express themselves more fully and more openly. Students interested in joining the -CONTACT GROUPS should get in touch with COUNSELLING SERVICES as soon as possible as ‘there will be limited participation. COUNSELLING SERVICES is &ated in the math build,ing, floor 6, Call 7446111, local 2655

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ENTERTAINING IN TtiE . THIS-WEEKEND

enterprises INCOME

0 ther Academic development Scholarships. . TOTAL other

PUB

t

80:;; .47 .03 I-c.80.88

18,927 22 127 23 32 19,134

.45 .22 ..67

155 55 210

100.00

1969-70 f~~flq& percent X .

3:164 549 3,213

fund.

309

vicepresid&nt

Perision and #‘&p insurance Salary increase allowance. TOTAL academic-services Administrative ’ Business office Central stores -Internal audit Off ice set-v ices - Personnel President Purchasing Pension and group insurance Salary increase allowance TOTAL administrative

General General expenses Information services Miscellaneous Temporary accommodation Renovations Faculty club Phys-ed furnishings TOTAL general Major repairs .~

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TOTAL

operating expenses

.__374’ 112‘ 39 323 166 138 142 69 114 1,477

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Assisted research Ancillary enterprises Athlet its Bookstore Lettershop Food-services Health-services Residence - Village - Minota Hagey TOTAL ancillary enterpyises TOTAL EXPENSES Unallocated and cpn tingenc y FINAL TOTAL

40 21 17 110 7; 14’ 4 300

. 4 ‘I 5 62.80

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110 3,829 4,717 2,599 297 2,993

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1.41

42

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52

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236 120 350

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1.28 .4l .I3 1.15 .61 .62 .58 ‘25 -.I---5.03

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2,281 ’ 178 7

9.90 .77 .03

51 16 16 97 t 69 14

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100,. 00

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14,545

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4,500

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100.00

112 97 -135 90 40 20 -.----494

26,448

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.196849 budget percent (x1000) / .

1,131 4.28 223 .84 I,10 ._ I-42 ’ 12<5 _ -3 14.7~ 783 2.96 256 .97 . .28 74 401 I,52 2.55 675 102 .39 .a. 189 cS’ ,.7 I 227 .86 .4,296 16.24

2,695 196 21,

Student affairs Provost Campus center Dean of women Counselling services Creative-arts(off ice, personnel) Health, services, Salary increase allowance ’ TOTAL student affairs

Debt writ&off

270 39

L ,

3,600 3,333

200 ;,;g

17.59 .46 -.53 .21 18.79

23,820

30,753

Academic-service departments Library (operating) Audio-visual center , Extension Marketing Computing center Computing center - data proc. Graduate studies Registrar Coordination

ordinary

- 4,191 110 125 50 4,476

4,907

Faculties and schools ,Architecture _ Arts Engineering ’ Mathematics J I Physed and recreation’ Science TOTAL fac&i; and

Academic

17.38 .41 ’ .46 .20 18.45

’ 36,409

Security Safety

49,700 & DANCE

Ancillary

1968-69 .budget percenr (x 1000)

4,500

Ph ysica t-plan t and planning 64,500 1,050 500 , 12,500 600 550 800 1,900 2,000 600 3,900 450 500 2,700 2,700 300 2,000 150 97 -700 48;OO0

Subsidy

COUNSELLING SERVICES is sponsoring CONTACT GROUPS fat’ students on campus, during the

1,860 50

2,300 600 250 200 1,300 ‘ 400 : 900 39,825

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research

16,610

3,150 1,860 150 1,000 760

PUB LICATJONS

Chevron CUP conference Liontayles Compendium Board advertising Handbook Directory Desk blotter Chairman’s salary Photo capital

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Well, it was really nice to see a few people using the new nonexplosive bonfire pedestal down near Laurel Lake during our typically brief summer. PPandP is also, providing wood which is kept dry in a home better than most people in this world have. The pedestal has been a long time coming. Back on 24 august, 1964. a memo was sent to Bill Lobban suggesting such an erection, in approximately the same area. The reply, dated seven days later. agreed that it was a good idea. This would also be in sympathy with the balmy clime suggested for Waterloo by the PPandP’s pur: suance of pastoral settings. Xnywav, the reply stated that part of the Village development (which was then almost ready) included in the now treeless, wildlifeless moors. provisions for several outdoor activities. including cook-outs, drama and music, and that the writer had concluded this would be a better place for such a pedestal. And he added that there was no reason that such installations could not be included. Almost five years later. we have possibly a safe prototype of a simple, concrete slab. with hopefully no air bubbles. How much did it cost? I don’t know. but I hope it’s used. Perhaps we could use it as a gathering place for the whole community. then all the potheads wouldn’t have to keep lighting matches. Lighting matches is said to be addictive, harmful to the

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tively and out-of-place, and slow motion cavorting in the love-plot that is effective but too short. Otherwise. it is a film that won a major academy award and is still worth seeing. Charly, who perseveres through nightschool and bears the brunt of endless slapstick jokes from the boys at work, is befriended by his nightschool teacher. She takes him to a psychology clinic for testing and Charly becomes a candidate for a new brain operation that has only been tried on mice. Algernon, one of the smart mice. races Charly in a series of tests in And Algernon always mazes. wins. Charly’s schoolteacher pre’

vails on the psychologists and Charly becomes the first human to undergo the operation. The rest of the movie is a study of human values-of the meaning of love, the disaster of research for research’s sake, and the state of the world. As someone who is able to “see” the world for the first time, Charlg offers a startling perspective of the things we have allowed to happen. He shows us all that the slow pace of good social change hasn’t kept up with the 5 bad. Charly also reminded US that no one laughs at a blind man, but morons are fair game in our competitive society-our rules only cover the obviously handicapped.

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lungs and throat, fatal to match mites and above all hard on the Zippo people. And I would like to remind’ PP b andP that students are very likely to sympathize with ‘janitors, with their wierd hours and poor pay (about 25’ ; lower than their brothers at Conestoga College. ) This is probably due to the weak. ineffective. perhaps detrimental union, CUPE. Janitors have difficulty getting overtime. and aren’t likely to gripe when the extra needed money is at stake. And then the muck-and-mow boys are pretty underpaid too. Two bucks an hour is underpaid for the guys who brave snow and sunburn to be the pawns in giant game of musical trees. In case you haven’t heard of musical trees. it is a refinement of the old PPandP time--killer of musical parking lots. The pat on the back this week also goes to PPandP for the new inter-squad games now being played on the bible belt. One team is called the- Gophers. They dig all kinds _ of groovv holes. Soon it is the Hedgehogs turn, and they come out and stick , live sticks in the ground. Thescore is determined by the’number of students who fall into ‘the holes ,! two points for a broken leg). versus the number who run <into the new trees (two points for a bloody nose. three for a broken one ). We are being exploited by the barons of professional sport. The least we should get is bush-league salaries.

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F MEMBERS ‘of the personnel department are actually hiring secretarial and clerical staff at the level of intelligence indicated by their recently-distributed secretary’s manual, then it is time to take a long, hard look at the competency of that department. If, however, the secretaries being hired are not utterly lacking in common sense. then it is quite obvious the personnel staff requires significantly more experience and training in recognizing the areas which such a manual should cover.

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Carbon-paper comes in one hundred sheets a box, divided into four equal packets of twenty-five. It does not list abbreviations or commonly misspelled words. Neither does it deal with grammar nor the correct procedure for word division. It does not inform the inexperienced and untrained secretary of the rules of punctuation. It does, however, advise that “carbon-paper comes in one hundred sheets a box, divided into four equal packets of twenty-five. “-essential information if the secretary is paranoic about being screwed by the carbon-paper people. The introduction is written either by or for a child who has not progressed beyond public school. (“If you are a newcomer you are bound to have many questions. This handbook will answer many of them. Anytime you do not find the answer here, do not hesitate to ask your supervisor or contact the personnel department.” ) It concludes with, “If you have any suggestions - regarding information which might be included in our next printing. please send such information to the personnel department.” Could this possibly mean they intend to do it again? Part one is entitled You and Your Job, and contains, among other equally groovy bits of informa- tion. sections on Poise and Grooming. Filing for Future Use. and You and Your Typewriter-the last of which suggests some sort of unnatural relationship. The introduction to part one reiterates that “we do hope to be of some- help to you as you learn your job. and the information which vou will find here will answer many of your questions. Anytime you do not find the answer. do not hesitate to ask your supervisor, or other staff members. All are happy to help.” At this point one must concede the manual did indeed provide assistance-a warning to all newly-appointed secretaries to avoid the personnel department. since obviously the belief is that secretaries are idiots. The first section of You and Your Job contains two pages of information concerning universitv buildings which has been taken verbatim from the university calendar. along with a campus map which also appears in the calendar.

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If you are a newcomer you are bound to have many questions. This handbook will answer many of them. This is followed

by a page headed Organization of Waterloo, and which contains the following message. “Now being revised. To be forwarded as soon as possible. Page 7, “on working at the university,” offers little other than cliches (“Think of yourself as a member of a team. ” ), untidy syntax and the inevitable paternalistic writing style. The following section-all four pages of itON “poise and grooming” will appear suspiciously familiar to any girl who has attended home economics classes in highschool. It is also evident the editor did not adhere to the advice she gave on the previous page-to carefully proofread a letter for mistakes-since a glaring spelling error appears. It is in this portion of the manual the secretary is advised-provided she has had the stamina to read this far-to “shop for better clothesones that are made from good materials”, and to “invest more money in the accessories that get the most wear-shoes and handbags.” The editor neglected to take into consideration the fact that the average Uniwat secretary is underpaid. In addition to offering suggestions on how to spend our salaries, this little gem also tells us how to spend our spare time. “Each evening, check the clothes you have worn. Note any repairs that must be made; if they can’t be made immediately, set the garment aside for later attention,” and what type of iron to purchase. “With a good steam iron, you can give woollens a professionallooking pressing. ”

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Wash foundation garments rinse out stockings after wearing. in gentle suds warm, not hot, water.

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The virtues of coin-operated dry-cleaning machines are extolled: directions are given for washing girdles, brassieres and stockings: we are told to dutifully remove hair from underarms and legs and to occasionally change our deodorant brand. But, by god. we aren’t told not to split infinitives! The editor presumes to be knowledgeable in the opinions of others-“Remember. the most appealing faces are those that have a fresh. natural look. Cosmetics should be used to achieve this look, not to destroy it.“-and all in the inevitable. paternalistic writing style. Under Poise and Grooming is a page and a half dedicated to “Your personal image.” In this subsection. we are encouraged to be empathetic

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although “It is true that you cannot put your personality aside and take on another, any more than you can jump out of your skin,” and to learn to like the girl who has ‘a ‘cold, abrupt manner”. Presumably this will increase our typing speed and efficiency.

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The poise and grooming section concludes with, “It is necessary that you understand your importance and that you carry out the responsibilities assigned to .you to the best of your ability, striving for a greater sense of awareness and sensitivity to the needs of those whom you serve.” In other words, kiddies, do as the boss tells you and keep your mouth shut. And above all, don’t think for yourself. We now progress to Interoffice Correspondence.

“Interoffice communications at the University of Waterloo are commonly known as ‘memorThis is followed by detailed anda’ or ‘memos’.” descriptions which seem to comply with the knowledge we attained during our initial commercial training in highschool (“Carbon copies are made on onion skin paper. ” ) . Very explicit instructions are detailed with respect to the handling of interoffice envelopes “Staple or turn in the flap to close.” Surprisingly. we are not told to grasp the stapler firmly in our right hand (or left, whichever feels the most natural). hold directly over the area to which we wish the staple to be fastened. grasp firmly until staple is released from stapler. release pressure, and return stapler to original position. The personnel department leaves nothing to chance. Transmittal slips (those little green slips with spaces to fill in “to”. “from” and “please pass on to”) are explained thoroughly. complete with a reproduced sample and a notation that they are to be stapled to the enclosure. It is at this point one expects the following paragraphs to deal with advice on how to use the washroom facilities-insert 5-cent piece in appropriate slot, turn handle with right hand. remove package from machine. open package by tearing cardboard end flap. . . . The inevitable writing style is maintained in the Outgoing Correspondence information. .

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We are even given the brand name of the paper ( “the stationery is Weldonmere bond” ), we are again informed that onion skin paper is used for producing carbon-copies (in the event we missed

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it the first time), and tl the copy is our “record ed, reported. answeredfile until you are cert needed. ’ ’ But we still aren’t givs our shorthand speed. “When a letter involl partments, make suffix for all concerned.” Woe five really need to be ,c>lc And again we find would tend to prove our ( require manuals contaj how to improve secre how to recognize the uni ored crest in the right 51; Initially, -this manual treme amusement. Horn by more sobering thoug of time and funds expe age? (it is dated january 8) * and more importa saiaqq ’ One must certainly competence of a person ual for an adult, would as “if the enclosure is you might staple the ( fold the sheets, tuck thr sert in the envelope.

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Interoffice communic8tions gt the university of Waterloo are commonly known as ‘memoranda’ or ‘memos’.

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by Carol Tuchlinsky

It-wonder of wondersf exactly what was stat-and should be kept on n it will no longer be 1 tips on how to increase’ s several people or detnt copies, as directed, I anyone past the age of hi, bit of drivel? spelling error, which ntention that secretaries ng practical advice on rial skills, rather than rsity’s letterhead-“colI t-p carrier“. rovides a source of exer, this is soon followed ;: what was the amount ?d to produce this garb69 and was released may r:hat was the editor’s the abilities and compiling a mansuch information size as the letter sheets together, the letter and in-

3ry. We do not need all this ruth, I think it’s a pile of bullexpense

And we still haven’t participles.

and a lot of wasted

the office are laughing. Bn that manual should have ?$aries a three-week vacation merit.

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ly disgusting. I can see where a new person could use the portion on procedures, but the rest is completely unnecessary. It is a terrific waste of expense. I do not like it. 0 I’m afraid my comments wouldn’t be printable. I think very little of it. It is a waste of money. If you have been hired, you shouldn’t have to be told the things that are in the manual. If you must be told, then you shouldn’t have been hired. They are always griping about costs-we can’t get a raise because there isn’t sufficient money available. Then they waste mdney on junk like that.

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0 I haven’t looked at it thoroughly, but I think the information part is good f6r -new girls who are not familiar with the procedures. Some of the other are not necessary-especially the parts, though, part on grooming. Most girls have learned proper grooming long before now. 0 No comment.

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policies and procedures manual retained in every% department. And much of the remaining information is contained in existirig internal university publications. * * *

Making Travel Arrangements is a four-page essay (including, of course, a sample travel itinerary) on planning a trip for your employer-the plane-train-bus type. Also contained are some excellent examples of poorly-constructed sentences and, again, the grade-school level of composition (“Your employer will need to keep track of his expenses”. . .“he will need to keep track of the number of miles travelled’ ’ ). The Filing For Future Use section includes such goodies as: “Name filing: Name filing involves filing material under the name of an individual or company. ” The You and Your Typewirter section warrants a table of contents page, followed by instructions which have reached the height of abstirdity. The page is 32, and I suggest you obtain someone’s copy for confirmation, because you will not take my word for this one.

tudents: blech ! content .

been told to avoid dangling

Some of the more common symbols for proof correction are shown, and suggested manuals for manuscript typing. ’ Included are the symbols for insertion of commas, periods and question marks. Most of these symbols are easily recognizable without _the explanation; however, it is possible that they could be of some value. A better way to avoid using these symbols is to check all work carefully before it is submitted. Here again, the editor would have accomplished Before you start, be sure your something had she included the basic fundamencord iS plugged in. typewriter tals of good grammar, punctuation etc., rather than the symbols to be used in correcting errors. ’ Turn typewriter on. Page 17 consists of a listing of the forms available from central stores. A listing of these forms is The first sub-heading under You and Your also available in the central stores catalog (which Typewriter is How to Use Your Typewriter. is supplied to each department). Then: &‘Before you start: (a) be sure your typeOne and one half pages are devoted to a listing writer cord is plugged in: (b) turn typewriter on.“. of reference materials of dubious value (included Following a beginning as utterly stupid as is the Uniwat telephone directory, with’ instructhat, the remainder of the section appears less tions on usage and the Chevron) followed by four ludicrous. pages of ‘telephone manners and methods which The entire ten pages of “You and your typewrihave been condensed from “win friends by the ‘ter“ is either elementary information telephone”, published by the Bell telephone compwhich one acquires during the first typing lesson any, and obviously directed to children under 12 in highschool or business college, or which is conyears of ag& tained in the booklets supplied by typewriter manSample : “Greet the caller pleasantly. Sound ufacturers with each machine, and therefore aas if you are pleased the caller has telehhoned. vailable to all clerical staff. Use the caller’s name (people like to hear the Example : instructions for removing paper %ound of their own names).” And: “Your lips from the typewriter. should be about a half inch from the telephone Correct Use of Carbon Paper is a page and a mouthpiece. ” 4 half of more paternalism. This cbnstitutes the manual’s first section, Be sure of the number. If unYOU and Your Job: forty-one pages of drivel, trivia, insults and garbage. certain of a number, check be* * * fore dialing and then dial the Section 2, on the other hand, actually contains useful information, albeit in small portions. number carefully. It also contains a grammar error on the introductory page. And if that isn’t sufficient to ma.ke you properly Here we are given a listing of the various uniill. how about: “Be sure of the number. If uncerversity services, their locations and functions, atain of a number, check before dialing and then long with myriad sample forms. dial the number carefully.” NO doubt the information would be of assistance An apparent inadvertent omission is instructions to new staff members, but only if however it preon the method of placing your finger in the sented in a concise, readable manner. little holes in the dial. Of 61 ‘pages, 23 are fill-in-the-blanks forms with Finally comes the real clincher: on page 24 the blanks filled in. The editor, ineidently, missed (check it). is a sample of a completed telephone one blank that would have caused the form to be call slip (the kind where you fill in the to-from-datereturned to the sender. time blanks ). And as if this isn’t enough of an inTwo pages tell of sections -to be forwarded latsult, the items to be completed on the form are aler. so listed (“the name of the person whom the mesAt least 8 pages are lifted directly from the sage is for, the date and time of the phone call.. .” )

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stion 10, in elude same losure ‘inside

section contains not on the style used in agenda and minutes also another spelling a singular subject with punctuation.

Personnel

Part 3 provides a form for a detailed Job description with advice on the manner in which it is to be completed. for use if it becomes necessary to replace the secretary suddenly. And here you are advised to include such personal matters as how your employer likes his coffee and if fetching sandwiches or cigarettes for him is necessary.

Do you know how your employer likes his coffee? Does he ever ask you to pick up a sandwich for iunch? Or cigarettes? “The art of being a good secretary consists almost entirely of getting your employer exactly what he wants without inconveniencing him.” It is skh-r-mts such as these, which appear all too frequently, that are frightening to any thinking person. Whatever happened to personal opinion? Are we to presume that, in order to be a “good” secretary, we should follow blindly any and all orders from a superior, regardless of whether or not we agree? Does not the art of being a good secretary consist also of indicating errors of judgement which are perceived, and the possible repercussions? To instruct an inexperienced secretary to merely follow orders is to create a university staff of mindless beings who are capable of doing exactly as instructed and no more. The art of being a good secretary consists of being sufficiently intelligent and capable of offering constructive criticism. The art of being a good secretary consists of presenting viewpoints contrary to those held by your superior, and presenting them in an intelligent manner. The art of being a good secretary consists of broadening your education by reading and learning. The art of being a good secretary consists, most of all, of thinking. It is tragic that the personnel department feels this activity should be suppressed.

Mrs. Tuchlinsky is employed by the university as a secretary. She joined the university staff / 7 january 7968.

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Psychology

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good. girls.

I think it will be very It is beautiful for new

Security: 0 A lot of things, such as grooming, are general knowledge. As for information on memoranda, and so on, I would say that once you have been here for a while you know the procedure. For anyone who is starting out it might be helpful. But most of it is general knowledge.

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enterprises:

0 Some of the things were pretty basic, pose they could be of help to new girls.

Operations l

office:

it is very for new

and anthropology

My opinion is that it is very well put together. I think that with new girls coming into the department it will be wonderful to hand to them and let them read through so that they will know what is expected of them.

Ancillary

department:

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I’ve just scanned it, but it is something that has been required for a long time. I think it is extremely valuable to new employees I really liked the parts on university structure. I,‘ve had some feedback on the section on poise and grooming -some people think it is too detailed. But it is a great idea. _ e I think it is an excellent effort. Joan Hadley should be complimented. I wish they would have had something like that when I started.

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MEXICAN COLLEGES AND universities have become key components of contemporary capitalism. ’ They are an outstanding instance of the way in which the econmic system-the “base” -has become integrated with the political, social, and cultural institutions-the “superstructure’‘i-of _ f;he corporation state. This integration is nowhere more evident than in --the training functions of the mass education system. ‘The growth of capitalism in the present ‘period depends upon the ,-availability of a large, highly skilled, technical-scientific labor force. No onecorporation can afford to train its own labor force for there is no way to insure that its investment, once trained, will not seek employment elsewhere. The costs *of training therefore have to be socialized. American colleges and. un~iversities: subsidized bv governmentcollected taxes, ‘have taken on- the social function of - training. skilled personnel and developing knowledge for the needs of advanced capitalism. Far from merely “serving corporate capitalism” by p oviding occasional research and consultthe universities have being services. come a basic point of production. ’

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rhythm of technological change accelerated. the life span of fixed capital (plant and equipment) is labor skills rapidly beshortened, come redundant, and rationalization at the point of production is increased. These tendencies have a number ,of causes; competition for markets between industrial finance groups: annual model and style changes of commodities: builtin commodity obsolescence : poli tical-military competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union: tax laws favoring accelerated depreciation of plants and ‘eqquipment ; and the availability of eheap technical-scientific labor power. With the emergence of technical knowEedge as a necessary factor of production, economic growth increasingly de- . pends more on the quality of labor power and machinery and less on the absolute number of men and machines in production. Skilled. technical labor power replaces simple labor power.’ and the knowledge of the work force becomes a fundamenfactor. important productive tally This is widely recognized bg corporate the and administrators. economists former in their literature on “investment in human capital.” the latter in I their reference to the university as part j of the .-knowledge industry.” The .relationship between the acceleration of technological change and the emergence of technical knowledge as a factor of production is basically simple. The constant creation of new coma modities. alterations of old commodities. redesign of equipment. reorganization “- of work processes. and research and development in new productive processes require a constantlv expanding techni-

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cal-scientific labor force. The existence of this labor force. trained by the universities under the *guidance of the state and at the expense of the working class as a whole (via tax exploitation ). in turn makes the creation of new commodities. redesign of equipment. etc.. ’ more profitable. Because the state. not the individual takes financial responsibcorporation. ilitv for university-trained labor and technology, the university-developed element of risk for individual corporations is virtually eliminated. As a result. productivity and production can be raised to a level hitherto unimaginable.

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Because science and technology are basically social in nature-they cannot be owned and controlled like a machine -private corporations and indeed individual countries have met with great difficultv in their attempts to monopolize these new productive forces They cannot limit the diffusion of technical knowledge to even the capitalist world, much less to special interests within it.. To tighten control over these. enter the new multi-national conglomerate corporations. And with this broadened form of organization they have developed a framework for rationalizing the use of technological resources to maximize profits. However, the social character of scientific and technical knowledge means that ultimately no private form of business organization can completely contain and control it. For this knowledge to contribute to the benefit of the corporations, the intervention of the state is needed.. In effect. a form of state capitalism must accompany the growth of the corporate conglomerate. , There are four ways in which the state can and’ has intervened in the corporate economy. In each role the state uses the socialized product of the university: technical and administrative knowledge. First. industrial-financial interests use state power to socialize the costs of production-in particular. the costs of transforming raw labor power into technical-scientific labor power. the costs of retraining workers and the costs of research and development. Funds are required bv the state through public taxation. transformed into college and u’niversitv facilities. and used to .purchase training personnel and to subsidize the industrial trainees. Colleges and universities are thus

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not merely integral to the production process. but constitute another point of controlled. production. increasing& while not owned, bv the corporate bourgeoisie as a whole. , Second. these interests use state power not only to socialize costs. but also to ’ subsidize demand. The- development of science and technology has reached the stage at which all economic needs can potentially - be easily ’ satisfied. Commodity demand based on real economic needs rises only slowly. or not, at all. Socially necessarv labor steadily declines. Consequentlv. corporations are compelled to lay out larger and’ larger portions of profits on selling, expenses. especial& packaging. model changes. style changes. product differentiation. and forced commodity obsolescence. in order to ma.intain and expand the volume of demand bv discouraging savings.

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In short, - commodities contain both use-values and waste; economic waste increasingly replaces use-values. and socially unnecessary labor, (that which produces waste ) replaces socially necessary labor (that which produces usevalue 1. To acquire use-values to meet economic needs. the working classes are compelled to consume waste-that is. pav for the expense of selling. The interpenetration of sales expenses and production costs. or waste and use-values. is the basic method employed bv business to maintain the level of demand. As points of merchandizing as well as points of production, colleges and universities help subsidize demand by accelerating the accumulation of waste. They are proving grounds for new marketing ideas. new products. new brands of “full employment” economics. etc. The activities of these “marketing departments” range from market research courses. home economics departments and seminars in Keynesian economics. to the art and industrial design schools which mobilize and apply creative talent to the latest problems of product design and packaging. Third. the state has had to further embed itself’ in the corporate economy to help control the social risks resulting from its first two roles. The development of science and technology and the abundance- of capital has led carporations to employ a capital-intensive technology despite the existing relative abundance of unskilled labor. From the standpoint of the corporations it is more rational to combine technicalscientific labor power with capital-intensive technology than to combine simple labor power with labor-intensive technologies. for the costs of training techni, Cal-scientific labor power are met -by taxation falling on the population at large.

Ranks of unsktiled It is this system which has produced a large and growing stratum of unskilled. of them workers. many untrained black. who have never had industrial work experience and never will. This proletariat does not *-post-industrial”

constitute a reserve army of the unemproved because it does not compete with the ‘*technical-scientific“ proletariat. Unemployed. under-employed. and emploved in menial jobs in the private and state sectors of the economy. these workers. particularly the younger ones. have become increasingly politicized. In black organizations. poor peoples associations. unions and welfare rights leagues. this group is politically in motion and constitutes a “social problem of the -first order for the corporation state. The colleges and universities. in this case functionally inseparable from the r-‘ state bureaucracy. are thus more and more ,preoccupied with questions -of “social stability.” “law and order.” ‘social reform.” and so-on. The behav: ioral’ sciences. sociology. social psvchol: and other academic 0gy. economics. ?. fields are oriented to “solving“ pressing via the development social problems’.’ of more refined instruments of social control and social discipline. Finally the state is employed at every step in the accumulationof capital abroad: in the acquisition of raw materials. the creation of investment opportunities. the creation of cheap labor havens. ’ and ‘the stabilizaiion of international banking centers. The state guarantees fore&h investments. . stabilizes monetary systems under the reign of the dollar. provides the economic infrastructure for private investments with public funds. subsidizes exports, bribes local client bourgeoisies and. military groups. creates 1 favorable tariff agreements. controls world commodity organizations. and Lo general& exercises economic. j3olitical. and military control over unstable areas ( i.e.. all underdeveloped areas ).

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The role of the colleges and universities in IJS. economic and political policy abroad corresponds to their role in the local political economy. They are points of imperialist rule. They develop and promote new weapons systems. new instruments of local. national. and international social control.’ new approaches to international mar,keting problems. and new economic theories which promote the hegemony of American business over world resources. As a whole. merefore. the colleges and universities constitute four great overlapping departments of the U.S. ruling class-they are points of produc-‘ tion. points of merchandizing. points of state bureaucratic social control. and points of imperialist rule. Most of the existing functions of colleges and unii versities fall into one or more of these categories. To be sure. the smaller upper class liberal arts institutions still train governing elites-this has been their historical function. But the really important role of the universitv is to provide the kind of socialized technologicaladministrative skills outl’ined above. The colleges and universities therefore are not the service stations” of the corporate system. but rather constitute a decisive and creative part of this system.


Fun & Games 2%P P & P Evervbodv’s happy this week in the wonderful world of PPand P. Evervbody except those whose environments are affected by the phvsical-plant and planning department. l One supposes that in the spring even a tree doesn’t mind the occasional walk in the park. However, enough foliage is being uprooted these days to worry Howie Petch-or anyone else-if he happens to have a Macbeth complex about Burnam wood. PPandP landscape workers don’t mind--they’re getting used to being pawns in a great green game of chess. 0 Over on a different board, PP andP’s janitors griped a bit about their role in the game of adminis-

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And the campus ringroad scored two more points in its bid to have the Canadian grand prix here. PPandP may win lots of points, but the ringroad would lose anyway : it’s too dangerous for racing. Any sandbox engineer who’s made it to civil 2A knows you never design a road for less than 20 miles an hour above the speed limit to be posted. The ringroad speed limit is 20-but Stirling Moss would be afraid to do 30 on some of those hairpins.

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The university budget published on page 4 is there because two reporters stumbled unannounced, uninvited and without any warning into a board of governors meeting last fall. The governors, noticeably uncomfortable, and with little time for thought, couldn’t answer the question of why the Chevron reporters shouldn’t stay. The meeting proceeded in their presence after admin president Gerry Hagev and chancellor . Ira Needles scurried to cover up what seemed to be the important business and moved it to an afternoon session which the reporters weren’t told about. In the dull rubber?----‘-sidrlplLl~ vL hbeen open sessions, which haTTo ever since, the univ rersity’s overall budget became aIJailable. So what? It means the students, staff and.faculty who are the university will now be able to at

least see where the administration’s priorities are. That token is not enough. The president’s council-that extraconstitutional but all-powerful administrative body-must be either opened or abolished. Perhaps then we will see one end to decisions that no one ever seems to have made and budgets that appear out of thin air. And we would find exposed the complete farce called university ‘community. ’ * * * And a question remains unanswered. Where goes the “unallocated and contingency” of three quarters of a million dollars in the current (1968-69 1 budget? Saved so miraculously from this year’s ) operations, the entry seems to get lost between the 1968-69 statements and the 196970 budget. Look around and you’ll probably find it’s being planted and will blossom forth in more trees and buildings-but not books. a

And here is H.D. Wilson Stand bv. to batten down the hatches, taxpayers-we are in for another blow, if not a gale. During the past week we have heard ominous rumblings, both from Queen’s Park in Toronto and Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Mr. Robarts is seriously considering the severe cutting back of some provincial grants to municipalities and in return giving the municipalities the power to levy municipal income taxes in lieu of municipal propertv taxes. Prime minister Trudeau has made it clear that he is about to wield the axe on federal expenditures, especially in the areas of cost sharing, welfare programs such as the baby bonus and, possibly, subsidy programs to some industries. Put them altogether and they don’t spell mother, cousin. Thev spell increased taxation, decreased services, and increased unemployment. And if that is any way to bring about a just society and curb inflation, then Monsieurs Robarts

and Trudeau certainly must know something we don’t. And if they do, it’s about time they let us in on the revelation. The simple fact is that both of these political leaders, to say nothing of most other politicians, are scurrying around attempting to cure symptoms, rather than get at the disease itself, and that disease is readily isolated. It’s just pure and simple greed, caused largely by the virus of private monopoly-oriented capitalism, rather than publiclyoriented free and competitive enterprise. The status-quo has got to go, and until our representatives in government at all levels realize this and start to take the necessary corrective procedures, we are in for nothing but increased inflation, increased unemployment, increased misery. We are running short of painkilling pallia tives. Some major remedial surgery is called for. -Hugh Donald Wilson, CHYH editorial, 12 may 1969

A study in bureaucracy J

We called the centerspread article on the administration’s secretary’s manual ‘the laugh of the century. ’ Unfortunately, only the unintentional humor in the manual is rare-the fault the manual exposes are all too plentiful. Institutional inhumanity and Parkinsonian bureaucracy . never seem to change. Parkinson has some clever sayings about bureaucracy expanding faster than the operation it serves and second-rate bureaucrats who hire third-rate subordinates to protect their own jobs. The secretary’s manual is somewhat typical of the things that keep an expanding bureaucracy expanding. And the opinions of the group of senior secretaries and administrative assistants that conceived the manual betray their ideas of how dumb they’d like their subordinates to be. Institutional inhumanity abounds in the manual’s patronizing tone and the even more domineering instructions. Sell out. Sell your soul to the boss, and get promoted to senior secretary or administrative assistant. Either those senior sell-outs have assuaged their consciences by explaining their positions as natural results of superior ability, or they are just plain inferior-proving that the really superior s’ecretaries who won’t sell their souls don’t get promoted Or else leave to seek more human surroundings.

Resistance to change >nd elite control of our society are not the result of a great conceived plot. Rather they are products of an environment that is becoming increasingly bureaucratic-and resultingly unfair. If the personnel department is hiring people who need such an elementary training manual, then someone better look at who’s hiring the personnel department. The university, with all its rhetoric, is one place that shouldn’t be afraid to innovate within its own operation. That might be a form of relevant research. * * * There was one obvious omission in the secretary’s manual: a section on Why you do not need a union.

It could go something like this: Your boss, to whom vou are so dedicated,’ does not like unions. Look at vour pay envelope. Open it up. Look at the pay statement. Read it. Aren’t you glad vour pay. is so high? You are working in a wonderful academic environment. That makes up for any tiny pay difference between you and any of your friends who work in less pleasant surroundings. A union would charge you high dues. Those dues would only go to support a bunch of useless office workers and administrators. You don’t need a bunch of office workers and administrators, do vou? You wouldn’t want to support something like that, would you?

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