St. Patrick's Day. ‘mere will also be an w exhibition of artifacts from the Irish P.E.I. set- tlers. 'Ihe exhib' ition, f ' Set up on mlrsday. opens , _ Officially Friday, St. Library. Studen ts and the public r. - are welccme to examine the exhib' ition, named "Old A ~ Ireland and New Ireland" or a S 01’ while until officals in England rejected it. 'Ihe exhibition is recei- ving a good deal of sup— port. As or Wednesday, the first day for collec- (Patrick's Day in the Robert- 111?? for the exh—‘lblt-‘LOII: interested persons had. already offered more than 35 artifacts. CBCI‘ will be featuring the Irish Heritage'Society Exhib' it "HUNT CONTINUES GRAND FALIS’,1\IFI.D. A Ease—n operating in small ves'sels out of fisffing ports along New. foun’dland's Notre Dame and White Bays have taken about I4-vthousand’seals so far this Winter. A Federal Fisheries Regional office at Grand Falls says the number shot by the landsmen is up Between 30' and 40% over this last year. The landsmen's hare Vest involves seals one year old or older.‘1heir season opened in Feb. - and closes May ISth the quota for North: eastern Nfld. region set NEWS U.P.E.I. Student cleared up the monetary difficulties concerning the Fabulous Platters. In conjunction with the services of Ron Dalzell, Attorney at law, Student Union worked out a compromise deal. the Union is pay- result, ing the Platters 40 per cent of what was charged . HASH (1. Just prior to press time on Wédnesday afternoon, at 40 thousand. . Favorable ice condite ions with plenty of open water,bebmeen land and the ice pack. has allowed rel—- atively easymanoevering for small vesselsflnostly fish- ennen's longliners. The International hunt involving larger ocean- . going ships opens on the front north. of Newfoundland on Friday. Spotter planes were expected to be in the pair today and tom orrow to find the main" seal con—- centration. the Union NEWS the Asa less than L- Canada World Youth page 2 wen, p 1c, an people have joined. Future plans of the So- ciety include the study of local history, folklore , folk music, Irish recipes, in just one week, over 100 result arrive their performance. the students growing increasingly inpatient, the band finally hit the stage well after 11 ‘ o'clod<'at night. Even . etc.; collection of archiv— the“ they Were far from es and museum items, as well as cemetery studies and the continuation of annual exhib' itions at var- ious locations throughout the Island. 14,000 SEALS SHOT their usual best and unrest amongst those who paid admissicn quickly became evident. While the group was our student union almg with social committee diairman Debbie MacMurdo were meeting in the S.U. offices trying to work out a compromise. 'Ihe band cautinued to play, although they did take a me" Fisheries Wt break and another pause spokesman says the main herd for equipment. appears to be farther North than earlier ant— As the evening wore on the situation became icipated and ice is believed worse and our executive North of the spotted islands. was at work getting student opinions as to what should be dme. 'me end result was that HIGHEST The Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commis- sion. an advisory body to the Maritime Council of Premiers, announced in a report Wednesday that some of its past policies IN' education in the region. The Commission has been requiring institutions to fund all new programs through increased enrolment revenue . Increases in are having a deteriorating operating assistance to ' Views ‘VIEWS Over a million Quit- ters can’t be wrong . . .Joln the Major- ity - page l2 & l3 _ effect on the 0f _ universities in the region S PORTS page 9 playing, the executive of I " Sports J.T. & JOCK TALK GO TO NEW YORK - to terms with the entertainers. At that point our Student Union retained professional A , ,3 7- = -. :i’x; h: ",1 THE PLATTERS APPEAR AT PIG IV’ WHISTLE . executive are not letting the matter“ go by unnoticed . \and are taking the appropriate action to legaladvice. The details clarify the Hatter, TUIT'IO have been the lowest in Canada for the past mo years. This helps to widen an already existing disparity with other provinces. The report also states that Maritime universities a].— SHORTS Skateboards skin V Shor‘is shins - page l9 ‘ CAN‘ADA ready have the highest tuition fees in Canada. ‘Ihese universities, there- fore, are restricted from improving their financial well—being through further increases . $hGW$ EEQWE A FEW MON/6’ WORDS ABOUT MR. rmowx If _ Page 16