course). 
     
     Profs even turned out  
     
    
   
   
    
     ask Bert Tersteeg of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Music Department and 
     
     Thomy Nilsson of Psychology. 
     
     The Gem started organiz- 
     
     ing the competition two 
     
     weeks ago, with permission 
     
     from Vet College construc- 
     
     tion supervisor Jim Johnson 
     
     and Director of Administra- 
     
     tion and Finance Dennis 
     
     Clough. 
     
     Costs were shared by the 
     
     Student Union and the De- 
     
     partment of Student Services, 
     
     through Director Jim Griffith. 
     
    

    
     Twenty-five gallons (sorry, 
     
     no Metric spoken here) of 
     
     paint were either donated or 
     
     sold to us at a discount by 
     
     Northumberland Chemicals. 
     
     Coke gave four cases of soft 
     
     drinks, and Perfection Foods 
     
     threw in the ice cream con- 
     
     tainers that were used to mix 
     
     the colours. 
     
    

    
     Staff from the Gem even 
     
     managed to get the graffiti- 
     
     infested fence painted white 
     
     again the Friday afternoon 
     
     before thecontest, with paint 
     
     given by the UPEI Mainten- 
     
     ance Department  and a 
     
     stepladder! I 
     
    

    
     An entry fee of one dollar 
     
     per person and five dollars 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
          
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     UPEI Theatre Society, the 
     
     Engineers, students from 
     
     the Holland College School 
     
     of Commercial Art and 
     
     Design, and a Netted Gem 
     
     group (we exempted our- 
     
     selves from the juding, of 
     
    
   
   
    
     per group was charged; the 
     
     finally tally came to $49, 
     
     which will help offset the 
     
     costs of the contest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Spectators for Saturday’s 
     
     soccer game took in the 
     
     painters at work, and several 
     
     decided to say and paint 
     
     when half-time was over. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Note to those of you still in 
     
     a creative mood: a lot of 
     
     paint was left over on Satur— 
     
     day afternoon and is being 
     
     stored at Maintenance. If you 
     
     want to attack the remaining 
     
     white space on the Great 
     
     White Wall, just call us or 
     
     them and we’ll give you the 
     
     ammunition. 
     
    

    
     P.S. Please do