TL ge 6, The Cadre, Tuesday, February-4,‘l975U *

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Dear Editor:

On reading Creelman MacArthur's letter in the Cadre of last week I felt compelled to expand on a few points that the letter has prompted. I would first like to thank ' Creel and boys for infor— ming students as to the ownership of G.J.'s and his recognition of the title Creel and boys. Perhaps if he could also send in the percentage fiomuflweuhfifly holder has, he could provide an empirical basis for the title as well.

He also_has provided for all to see a financial statement as to his costs of marketing beer for student convenience. I am

DEAR EDITOR— ATTENTION: TO THE CHAIR— MAN OF THE WINTER CARNIVAL

We are writing concerning a certain event in the 1975

winter carnival ie.the torch light parade.We noticed,and we never miss

a thing,posters advertising

prizes of $25,$10 and $5 for the best floats in this parade. The theme was "The Good Old Days."

Being as the bank robbing

business was slack,our gang thought we just might just be able to steal this prize,so the Boss Mr.Sha La LaLa got his 1936 Chev Big Rich and Bobby Blue eyes got their best pin striped suits and tap coats dry cleaned and polished

up their old 12 gauge shot— guns. Diamond Dodi,Annie Fannie and Jazzy Judy put on their Fur coats & best hats with all their curls

sticking out. . Well,we all met out in the parking lot at 7:00 o'clock sharp. Diamond Dodi and Big Rich stole each a torch because the old 36 was steamed up and we had to see where we were going. There was only a few of I them young punk college kids there but they sure had a lot of spirit. We

in total agreement that the present 90¢ is almost ac- ceptable due to the cost

of living increase. There have been at least two, possibly three hikes in the retail price of beer since Creel inatalled his 90¢ price a year and.a half ago. Another couple of price increases by the liquor com- mission and I'll help Creel or Premier Catering Inc. to lobby for the students' bus— iness, provided he keeps his price at 90¢.

The cover charge was in— stalled six monthsago to keep from having to raise the price of beer. Was in— flation such in June 1973

as to rate a substantial

15 per cent increase in beer prices? was the cover charge

saw our old buddy namedT "Big Jim Dandy" and we gave him a lift. Up by

the mess hall stood Mohawk the Indian admiring our artilary,so we handed

him a gun and he jumped on.

We drove all around the campus hooping & hollering with those kids,thinking

of the.refreshments we were

gonna buy with our prize. When we arrived at the

bonfire,we even got patri-

otic enough to sing the '

Island hymn so the President

thinking we were a fine

bunch of upstanding citizens invited us over to his place

for a cup of coffee.

At the Presidents mansion

we put on "Bill Baily" and Diamond Dodi,Annie Fannie, ShaLaLaLa and the Big Pres

started doing the charlston.

Finally we all went home but we never saw no $25.

Big Rich and Bobby Blue eyeS'were gonna get their guns and head up to the Student Union but Jazzy Judy hid them since she heard a rumer that the prize was cancelled,but,we put a lot of effort into

this gig so we're all still

on the lookout here in our hideaway at Blanchard Hall

waiting for our well earned

dough.

necessary to keep from raising the price of beer again a

year later? If you compare increases in costs over

the year I think you would find Creel's tabulation

is lacking somewhat. The actions taken, i.e.-the removal of the cover charge, add weight to the hypo-

thesis that it wasn't nec—\ essary. Did Creel all of ‘

a sudden decide to lose

money so he could benefit

the students? Again I think not. . I will admit I might{ have complained a bit un- justly to Creel's 90¢ at present but if,examined

in an historical senSe you will find that it was in—- flation and inflation only which provides a rational justification for the 90¢ per beer. Inflation has

_still, at least to pres: ant, to accountifor the

cover charge. If Creel doeSn't want to use "in— flation as an excuse to

Aproperly run his businessK.

then I suggest that he not

‘try. I'm sure he can spin

a better tale than that.

I commend creel and boys for thefremoval of the blue jeans policy and cover

charge. I agree that in the past there may have been

a cooling—off period, but

The UPEI Mafia Mr ShaLaLaLa ~.Big‘Rich Diamond Dodi Bobby Blue eyes Annie Fanny Jazzy Judy

Dear Editor

We would appreciate it \very much if you could publish this letter in the Cadre,expressing ourjsent— iments about the Campus Cabaret. From all the talk since Sunday night,it is obvious that the production

' was a smashing success.

This is mostly due to the

A undieing efforts of a couple

of people,who gave freely of their time and energy, to help us put together

our act. They were most helpful,encouraging,suppo- rtive,and fun to work with. 'Through them we enjoyed ' ourselves a great deal and wish at this time to exp- ,ress our appreciation. Jack Blanchard,and Ian MacDonald you are great guys, and a sincere thanks goes out to you from all of us.

Sincerely, ,The Black Ribbon Supremes

this year the bottom dropped out of Creel's bag.

Let me pose one ques- tion: what was the moti— vation behind this act'of'». kindness by Creel and boys? The answer: they gave a '

' G.J.'s and nobody came. Who

didn't come? The UPEI stu- dents, that's who. It Was thus the actions of these very same students that warmed Creel's heart enough to remove his cover charge” and blue jeans policy. I read somewhere in passing that the heat of a buck will warm the heartof any good capitalist.- '

For once the students,

'Bf UPEI have shown the

limits of what kind of shafts they will take. I think Creel's actions have shown that he has read the .sign. I further commend him for his revelation that "only one alive and kicks ing" would realize that "the cost of living indeces are creeping up a.point a week." However, the only thing Creel is kicking is bull and it seems to be directed towards the school on the hill. I think that iffihe wants to keep on! kicking he should find himslaf a new punter or throw away the ball.

I don't say it's only the UPEI students who pro- vide Creel's business. However if none of these students show then Creel might as well start hanging out at Daisy Donut.

I do owe Creel an apology for the reference to the little red hats. I will admit it is based not on fact but on hearsay and therefore I have no basis

‘for the statement which I now

publicly retract and apolo— gize for. I suggest however that if anyone's interested in knowing the true story

they do their own investi»

gating. 7‘ I M ' I further suggest that

i'establishments such as

G.J.'s disco fall under the category of oligopoly in the edBnomic structure in relatioh to the Charlotte— town area. I also suggest that Creel's actions, i.e. removal of cover charge and ‘blue jeans policy, were no more than what any good oligopolist~would do in Creel's place facing the situation that Premier Catering was faced with.

It Was an act of necessity under the guise of'a Kis- singer mission. This hypo— thesis-can be easily checked out ~upon investigation,

if anyone's interested, via

the economics department of UPEI. '

. Charliemna, ,