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The Cadre, January 20, 1975: Page 4

Contradictory Education-—

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LETTERS FROM EXILE The Cadre, r U.P;E.I._.

The Aims and Objectives report proved to be exactly what was anticipated: A con- certed‘attack upon the rights of students in an attempt to divert students efforts to demoncratize U.P.E.I. No ef- fort, indeed, there is not the least suggestion, to mo— dify the existing university Act so as to guarantee equal student participation on all decision-making bodies at U.P.E.I.

the most conservative faculty members at U.P.E.I., will have succeeded in setting the grou— nd—work for Student-Administr— ation confrontation in the near future if the suggestions or recommendations outlined

in "Towards A University' Community: U.P.E.I. Goals

in Perspective" are accepted by Senate.

Barbara Stevenson obviously had little to say or do with the final composition of this reactionary report, for no—

Loucks and Rahman, two of

MR. DARKRGDN\ —

.It was never my intention to lean on the commercial aspect of our business in this series. However, at several recent public colour printing demonstrations a very blunt question has been asked. “Why is Durst equipment so much more expensive than other brands? " To fully appreciate the reasons for price difference we must refresh our under- standing of the true function of an enlarger.

Any enlarger performs one major function: that oftaking a small negative or slide and magnifying it into a print of the required'size. This may be anything from album-size to a' wall mural. Print quality depends on efficiency of the lighting system and correct alignment of negative carrier and lens system. When these two all-important components function poorly the end result suffers. The question is, what do you look for to make sure that every possible enlarger benefit is working forvyou. Notice that I use the word benefit, not feature. lf you analyze a “feature” list, many of the facts listed mean no- thing at all when translated to terms of what they do to create a better enlargment.

First, is the enlarger steady? is the column rigid enough to support the head steadily, and designed to allow turning of the head to project on ’a wall or even the floor when you want a bigger print than can be done on the baseboard. Is the elevating mechanism firm enough to permit easy raising and lowering yet hold the head in a fixed position during print- ing? As to the lamphouse itself, how isgit constructed? On a Durst it will be either a one- piece casting or stamped rigid metal. If the unit has beIIOWs

are they plate-riVeted in place

or only glued? Are the lamp- house and mounting plate held

' together securely? is the neg-

ative carrier an integral part of the lamphouse assuring perfect alignment with the light path? Can you adjust the lamp ver-

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tically and horizontally to com—‘ pensate for flaws within the bulb itself? While we’re on the lamp, with Cibachrome taking its place in the amateur dark- room the need for bright, ef- ficient illumination becomes more important as this superb material is slower than pre- sently existing colour printing paper. Thinking colour auto- matically raises the question of a colourhead. Two of our lower priced units do not ac-' cept this, but all Durst en- largers have a filter drawer as standard equipment. Can you change negative formats quick- ly and easily? Are accessory negative carriers and conden- sors available? - ls the lens- mount standard? Do you need a compact unit that disas- sembles easily? The “take- apart” unit for portability and easy storage was created many years ago by Durst.

In a nutshell, look for an enlarger designed with top quality printing in mind. Don’t be sidetracked by fancy design and"gimmicl<s". Fora preview of the Durst enlarger family drop me a line. My nine-step Darkroom Chart will show you how easy. it is to be a blow-up expert, and you’ll also

receive a brochure on dark- 1

room accessories by the Pater- son people, who_also believe that equipment should be de- signed for use, not used for their _ design.

Mr. Darkroom, Braun Electric Canada Ltd., 3269 American. Dr., Mississauga, Ont. L4V 189

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where is there the slightest hint that students are in fa- vor with these proposals. Loucks and Rahman maintain that the existing (elitist) structure of U.P.E.I. is acceptable for tomorrow's university. This is demonst- rated On page 79 of their re— port where the only changesr they propose are additions to the existing structure, such

as a Dean of Veterinary Science;me.

A Council on University Life;

A Faculty of Veterinary Sci-

ence; and on ombudsman. Although the inclusion of

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EnlightenizN'0,Ekxploit:Yes 'r

The economic exiles in To‘ ronto and other major"Cahad- ian cities who are forced to work for dirt wages Or go on .welfare, can easily see the fallacy of "the promises of a University education"today. . Richard Willis (past edi. tor of the Cadre) and Elaine Smitties (recent UPEI graduate) are both in Toronto living in the same ‘tenement house with Elaine was working at Simpsons (Yonge &Queen) ear- ning.$99.00 per week take— home: hardly enough to keep thé wolf from the door at

the Veterinary and Agricultural tdday's inflationary rates.

Sciences (the latter recomm—

.ended on Page 44) are necess— --

ary to a university situated in an agricultural community, they are to become merely cogs in the existing hierarchial structure. The ombudsman is bottom—man on the pole, yet his function is crucial.

There is also no suggestion whatsoever that the president (in our case, Mr. Baker) should relinquish any of his power. There is, further, no suggestion that the people of P.E.I. should have greaé ter influence in our unive— rsity affairs, yet U.P.E.I. is, properly speaking, the [property of our Island people.

.Therehis no suggeStion that students'should be encouraged. Vin every way to obtain alli— the P.E.I. Fed- eration of Labour; National MmasmmmeDmmmﬁc Party; and other progressive organization on P.E.I.

But of course not I The .prime aim of the repOrt is to reinforce the existing st—;

ructure in the interests of: tge faculty; administration;

. P.E.I. beard ofvEducation;

P.E.I. Chamber of Commerce; not to mention all Canadianh' and American companies who seek to exploit Island labor for as cheap a wage as poss- ible. To facilitate this it is necessary to keep our youth disorganized for, as* organized, they would union— ize and challengeythe corp— orations which seek to ex- ploit them. ' The educational philoSophy

of U.P.E.I., despite all their

fancy words to the contrary, is: "come, get an education, but on our terms. You will major in what we and our ma- sters (the capitalists)-de— termine.. There is no time

for students' rebellion, . moreover, there is no time for students rights. Learn what we tell you, then go and fa- ithfully serve your masters. Also, there is no time to consider the rights of Islan— ders - the-Canadian‘capitalist class has no interest in-theV rights of Islanders. ,So, subordinate yourselves and everything will be just fine."

Neither one could ever dream of owning a home, car, furn~

' i’ture, or anything else which

'should be guaranteed to work- ing Canadians. After all, it is the workers who create the wealth, yet those who own and control the means of production do nething— except collect the surplus value created by_the workers,

And this is justice? ‘ Hardly! Yet this is preci— sely what the Canadian edu- cational system seeks to perpetuate:

The prime and immediate aim of UPEI students, is to struggle for the democrati- .zation of education at‘ UPEI; to fight to make cur- riculum content relevant to the agricultural and fishing needs of P.E.I.? ' “W”

The struggle the students waged in solidarity with the maintainence workers at UPEI demonstrates their cbncern and knowledge of the necessiw to assist those other groups against the attacks by their common enemy - the Canadian capitalist class who exploit workers, farmers, fishermen, and students. .

' DEMOCRACY FOR STUDENTS!

FORWARD TO JUSTICE!

Stan'Dalton a?

President Gives Talk? On Russia '

Prof Ronald and Dr. Franc“ Baker last Wednesday presenraj a talk and-slide show on thud trip to the soviet Union Of August and September 1975!

Prof Baker said that'unﬂwt .sities thereare highly COmPe‘ titive both for students and professors.- The quality 0f education provided though was very good.

He also ,conmented exten , on the great amount of burewf racy in Russia, saying that1 far exCeeds what eXist'here' .

After the talk refreshments were served. ' C

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