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Professor Anderson and Gentle— men:

An area of my recent concern is that of bilingualism. As you are well aware. the fed- eral government is in this country spending huge vol— umes of money in order to gi- Ve civil/servants an‘opportu— nity to learn both french & english. » ‘

I am particularly concerned about the fact that very few of our dtudents are taking French in this university.

I think it is the responsibi— lity of all of us to indicate to students that. for all practical purposes, they are excluding themselves from many federal government pos- itions in this country. As you are well aware. the fed- eral government is the larg- est employer in the country, currently employing.445,156 people as of last June. In Ottawa, we have 75,000 civil servants employed by the federal government. In Hali— fax alone, there are 11,440 people employed by the fed— eral government without in— cluding defense forces, Canadian National Railways or‘the National Harbours Board. For many important po— sitions, a working knowledge of french and english is re- quired. Actually, what many of our students are doing is simply cutting themselves off from many upper level positions in the federal - civil service. I think that this is tragic in itself

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from an economic point of View, but I think that the cultural implications of not knowing french and english are also great.

I would appreciate if you would bring this to the att- ention of the individual professors in your depart— ment and as many students as possible. I think it is part of our educational respon—

COURSE OFFER AT STJMRY’S

Saint Mary's Expands

Summer‘Programme _ The Office of Continuing

Education at St. Mary's has

announced that its traditional

summer programme is being doubled in 1974\in response to increased demand for cou- rses by both regular and mature students.

Both the number and the . variety of courses are being increased, including third and fourth year courses as

I well as introductory level courses. Many are bein off— ered in response to requests arising out.of a survey of student interests conducted in 1973.

The course mix is being designed not only for regular students who wish to acceler— ate or enrich their normal programmes. but also for . teachers, managers, techni— /oians and other profesSional people who wish to bring their qualifications up to date. as well as.for people“ who simply wish to raise the eir education level or pur— sue some particular interest.

Special arrangements are being/made to serve the

convenience of women who WlSh

to study and run a home at the same time.

Mature applicants are also being invited to start their degree programmes in the summer rather than wait till the fall.

A number of special activi— ties are being planned, in— cluding a life drawing class and a history of modern art class to be given by Amer- ican artist Shmuel Shapiro:

a music appreciation course with piano workshops to be given by an internationally famous musician: and a newly developed course for the maritimes on the economy of the Atlantic Region. _

Also being offered is a speé cial interdisciplinary course on the relationship between human society and the enviorn— ment which will involve a number of guests lecturers from various disciplines as well as a number of field tr- ips. The consultant for this course is McGill biol— ogist! Dr. John Spence, newly appointed member of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, and Scientific Director. Special Task Force, Indiang of Quebec Association.

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sibility to bring these facts to the students' attention

and encourage our students

to aquire some fluency in french either by taking university courses or making alternate arrangements to learn french during the sum— mer months in a different cul- tural enviornment.

Regis Duffy

New Course on Atlantic Economy

The Office of Continuing Ed- ucation at Saint Mary's Uni- versity has announced that,‘ as part of its expanded sum- mer program, Saint Mary's has developed a new course on the economy of the Atlan— tic region. to be offered for the first time this year during the period May 14 to June 28.

The course will survey the economis history of the At— lantic region. describe the economy of the area, and the major statistical indica- tors that reflect the present state of the Atlantic Prov— inces economy in the Canadian Confederation. Underlying re— gional economic difficulties will be discudsed along with policies that have been tried to improve the economic per— formance in this area. These policies will be appraised. The course will be taught by a three—man team consisting of DR. E. Doak. Dr. B. Ebei and Rev. A. Hogan.

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