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THE CADRE. TUESfi,'NOV, 27, 1973uPaae 4 ‘

LETTER

nt is their booze at any price.

Sincerely, A Peasant

Dear Peasant:

I resign my case. If you want to pay 90¢ for a beer when the price at the liq— uor store is 27¢ then you go right ahead. Those‘art- icles were directed at all bars in Charlottetown that charge 90¢. Be my guest you sucker. ‘

L.C.M.F.

Mr. Editor: I-will not waste space by .commenting on you evaluah tion of my character in last week's Cadre, except to say that the committee members are more worthy of the publicity. I would al— so like to point out that those who find difficulti— es with Proposal C are not thereby necessarily unhum— 'anitarian. Although I do favour that proposal, the- re are issues and problems concerning it that should be discussed. Is a dossier more advantageous or prac— tical than a transcript of marks? Will such an in— novative system be recogn- ized by other institutions? Is that a relevant issue? What basic principles con— cerning higher education or what educational philo— sophy would imply the acc— eptance of one proposal rather than another? And

so on. . Joe Naylor

Dear Joe:

I agree that Proposal C

is not acceptable as it is: however, I do not question that it is a step in the right direction. Proposal C presupposes the existan— ce of those principles, or a philosophy of education, necessary for its adoption. Such principles, or phil— osophy, is conspicuously (and painfully) absent at UPEI.

Thelneed for debate on 'this matter is manifest? any further delay on this matter cannot be justified.

Stan Dalton

Sir: .

The following selective bibliography compiled by Richard Ellis, Reference Librarian, is in response to the request for materi- als bearing on the questi- on of final exams. An att— empt to gain some objec- tivity, to explore both sides of the controversial "EXAM" issue was made. Some recent articles avai- lable only on microfilm were deleted. Perhaps this bibliography may be of so- 'me use to you readers as well as to the SENATE COM—

NT’D

Dear Sir:

Please allow me to say one or two words concern- ing our library which is now a "market place"°

In West Africa, e.g° Nig- eria, the noisiest place is always the market place. In P.E.I° the noisiest place is always the UPEI library. '

The UPEI library is a pl- ace where guys and girls ’ go to discuss their dating projects, and in doing so,

MITTEE ON EXAMINATIONS & EVALUATIONS.. ‘Yours truly, C.M. Crockett, University Librarian

1. Abbott, John C. "Can Final Examinations Be Justified?" in Education,

‘vol. 86, Feb. 1966, pp. 370— 373. ’ 2. Albjerg, Victor L. "St-

udents Insist Upon Examin— ations" in School & Societ ,

vol. 77, May 23, 1953, p. 325. . 3. Cox, Roy. "Traditional

Examinations in a Changing Soc1ety" in Universities ’

Quarterly, Spring 1973, pp. 200—216.

4. Dale, R.R. "University Standards" in Universities

Quarterly, vol. 13, Feb. 1959, pp. 186—195.

5. VLauwerys, Joseph A. & David G. Scanlon, editors. Examinations. London, Eva- na Brothers“ 1969. LlOl.G8 Y4 1969. ,

6. McMurty, John. "Exams & Vested Interests" in Mond—

ay Morning, vol. 2, June// July 1968, pp. 43-44. -

How ABOUT IT,I.IBRARY?

they laugh loudlg, shout and yell at the top of Eh: eir voices.

This I consider to be a selfish act, unintellectu- al, analphabetic, despon- dant and a cowardly acto

I therefore ask for an urgent consideration and a very big improvement.

Half of\a word is enough for the wise. -*

Thanks,

\ \

Joe King Ajayi Fashagba

photo by CROMBIE

17.. Minot, Stephen. "Exam— ining the Examination" in

College English, vol. 21, May 1960, pp. 469-470.

To'Prof. M.M. Rahman: Perhaps it is a case of mistaken identity? Perhaps

a case where 'A...rushed in where...‘ not seeing what could be‘seen, refus- ing to see What he might see and seeing only what he wills to see. Perhaps, after all, Professor, not one, not twO, but three informal fallacies in one letter; a) 'begging the question' b) 'adhominem'

( a favourite) c) 'appeal to authority' and a possi- ble category mistake to boot. 'Who is who?‘ and 'What is what?‘ Perhaps,

'however, I misjudged your

intent, perhaps you never did want to be philosophi— cally informative but some-, thing else. However this

may be, I do quite enjoy your illustrations indepe- ndantly of whatever thrust they may not‘have. 7'

A friend through strife Ks. Butler '

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