-. NOVEMBER 21, 1969
Philosophytluh Holds: First Meeting
The U.P.E.I. Phildsophy Club held its first meeting on campus OCtober 30, with results that it would be hop- ed, would be of interest to
I _ the general university body.
Prior to the meeting, the Philosophy Department ex-
pressed hope that if this club materialized", it .would not be merely an extension of the Department, and would in no way be control- led or dominated by it or its individual members».
Instead, the Department
u. P. E.‘I. Prof. Wins Literary Competition
Reshard Gool, assistant professor of political science at U.P.E.I. was recently in- formed that he has won the major prize in the annual Norm a Epstein National Creative Writing Competi- tion. The competition is- hosted ‘by University Col- lege of the University of
_ Toronto, and the award is
worth one thousand dollars.
Mr. Goo-1’s winning novel, The Price of Admission, is about seventy-five thousand words long, and was written in many places b e t we e n 1952' and 1966.
It is set in South Africa
(mainly in CaptoWn) and illustrates how political be- liefs affect the most minute parts of people’s behavior. Involved are two people whos e love relationship greaks down because of poli- lies.
Mr. Gool was born in Lon— don and educated in the United Kingdom. He receiv- ed his bachelor’s de gree from th e University of Swansea. He got a master’s in political theory from Mc- Master University in Hamil- ton, Ont., with a thesis on politics in literature. Cur- rently working on a Ph.D.
‘ through the University of
Toronto, he is writing a thesis on the political im-
hoped that students and pro- fessors of all disciplines, or anyone else, would present any topics that were in any way of a philosophical na tu-re, and would attend and decide the form and content of this club. The Depart- ment indicated that it will give help if requested.
The meeting decided that afixed executive might not be necessary to maintain prOper functioning of this club but that an interim ex- ecutive of two chairmen should be formed to guide the meetings in the initial phases. Reorganization may take place on a permanent basis at a later date.
It was also decided that topics would be announced prior to .t h e succeeding meeting, and that choice of topics would be completely up to those participating.
Lt was felt that this type of gathering offereld the possibilities of a mutually advantageous exchange of diverse ideas on relevant and interesting topics in a free and open atmosphere. It was felt that this type of organization would also give university members a chance to participate in community dialo‘gue, bu t that everything would come
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l' 'i ‘ ‘ Ban, . Stage-‘0’ performance “Slow Dance on the Killing Ground was presented plicatlons Of James (1- last weekend at Confederation Centre. Despite a rough rev1ew given by
local critics on its first run. Friday night, it turned out to be an enjoyable
about as the result of gen— _ ume participation by all
PROF. RESHARD GOOL
Mr. Gool has also and published some poetry. He hopes to get The Price of Admission published in the near future.
Most of the prize money is being given to education- al charities in South Africa and Jamaica.
CHE, SAID ALIVE!
(and well
By Bear Cub Reporter MacKay C.P.S. (Cadre Press Syndicate)
Che Guevara is alive and well in Charlottetown. In an exclusive interview last night CADRE reporter Dennis Mao- Kay (shades of .C'astro’s Beard) came through with the following story.
Guevara said “We have, heard about the glorious struggle of the students at U.P.E.I. for a democratic uni- versity and hay e left Simon Fraser University to join them in their battle against tyranny. Guevara made par- ticular mention of The CADRE staff and their role in promoting revolution. He awarded Editor Hornby the
" Order of the Red» Star, (Post
humorously), for “smugnesg beyond the call of duty”.
He said that he also hoped to meet his old comrad'euin- arms Ron (the beardless one) Baker, form-er head of the B.C.R.S.M. _ (British Colum- bia Revolutionary S t u d e n t
on P. E. I.) A
Movement). He said he had not seen Ron since they serv- ed together in Bolivia. Guev- ara asked this reporter to comment on the rumor that Ron was last seen leading the radical wing of the Island Farmers’ Union on a suicide attack against the Morell Creamery.
Although we could not com firm the «rumor, it seems that Guevara already has a core group operating in Charlotte- town. Apparently some of the key members of the U.P.E.I. administration and a couple of former Conservative party Cabinet ministers are involv-
ed‘ in the group.
(Editor’s note: Beware of a breakdown in communica- tions, we have as yet not re- ceived a flinal report on the battle presently going on at
~Morell; however, our star re-
porter Reg Feelin’ is there covering the story and we should have a complete re-
port for next issue.) .-
university members.
performance.
. structures may
REPLY'TO KEAVENY “. . . OR GET LOST”
by verner Smitheram
Though I would disagree with must of the detail of Mr. Keaveny’s article “Changes Needed”, he de- serves credit for a provoca- tive piece of journalism which I hope will stimulate positive discussion.
So far, the outstanding characteristic of our fledg- ling university is its frantic concern about structure, or— ganization, representat i o n, etc. This is quite under— standable in the present cir- cumstances but my fear is
that too .many ‘faculty and
students may think that having a structure is equiv- alent to having a university.
Until we have hammered out a philosophy of educa- tion suited to our needs, our indeed be called interim because, as I will try to show, they de- pend on more basic ques- tions.
In what follows, I will at— tempt to offer a “dialogue focusser” on philosophy of education by way of stating what I believe to be (a) the sorts of questions which must be faced and (b) the order in which they should logically be posed.
ATTACK!
AIMS: The most basic consideration concerns aims, ends or ideals. Aims must be stated in broad terms— if they are too narrowly conceived, they constri‘ct our perspectives; if too vague, they fail to provide guid- ance. ‘ ’
THE HUMANISTIC ID- EAL: I suggest that our university should have a humanistic ideal but one that is open to but does not impo s e a transcendental Christian humanism. The aim should be the education of man as man in all his dimensions. The university must be concerned above all else with the full develop- ment of the person and only secondarily with the devel— opment of the technical and functional skills demanded by the labor market in a technological society.
METHODS: Once the above issues are settled (I’m being optimistic) and we have decided what to aim at, we are in a position to ask how we are to go about it. It is only at this point that intelligent choic- es may be made about cir- ric’ulum, methods and prac- tices. .
DECISIONS DUE: Last- ly, we must develop an over- all administrative structure which will serve all the fore- going. Administrative struc-
tures are difficult to change even interim ones. If we wait too long to decide our basic educational policies, we will certainly experience difficulty in changing struc- tures which are not compat- ible with our aims.
The attempt to build a community spirit without a. set of articulated goals is also futile — lets get down to the basics. If we don’t do this soon, Big Brother who handles the purse strings may stop in once again — this time to dis- solve not amalgamate.
Our present aimlessness is already having its ef- facts: The faculty members, in shocking numbers are opting out of unstructured meetings where decisions are avoided with the help of the ubiquitous Mr. Rob- erts. The students who don’t know where they are going either can’t raise enough in- terest in student elections to field a real choice of can- didates. The CADRE has to stuff its pages with trans— Canadian trash because of lack of local support. Even local trash would be prefer- able, but I’m sure the stud- ents of U.P.E.I. have great resources to oflfer if only they believed in themselves.
To faculty and students alike I say two things: Let’s get into FOCUS and PAR— TICIPATE 0R GET LOST.
“YOUR FRIENDLY. NEIGHBOURHOOD CADRE .
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BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER