five
      or
      six
      marathons.
      Mr.
      Leblanc
      is
      also
     
     
      a
      member
      of
      the
      Charlottetown
      Lions
      Club,
     
     
      and
      he
      participates
      in
      the
      Holy
      Redeemer
     
     
      Church
      Choir’
      singing
      bass.
      While
      he
      was
     
     
      at
      Guelph,
      he
      was
      involved
      in
      a
      West
      Indies
     
     
      band
      playing
      the
      bongos.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      comparing
      his
      university
      life
      with
      today,
     
     
      he
      believes
      there’s
      a
      great
      difference
      in
     
     
      student
      life.
      He
      believes
      too
      many
     
     
      traditional
      things
      are
      overlooked,
      and
      there’s
     
     
      a
      lack
      of
      spirit
      in
      non-academic
      life.
      He
     
     
      feels
      that
      the
      university
      spirit
      should
     
     
      externally
      manifest
      especially
      in
      the
      autumn
     
     
      to
      reveal
      the
      love
      and
      unity
      of
      UPEI.
      For
     
     
      example,
      football
      teams
      play
      an
      important
     
     
      part
      in
      unity
      and
      spirit.
      Sports
      and
      events
     
     
      pass
      without
      acknowledgement.
      Because
      of
     
     
      these
      factors,
      UPEI’s
      blood
      isn’t
      constantly
     
     
      boiling
      in
      contrast
      to
      other
      universities.
     
     
      Another
      point
      Mr.
      Leblanc
      feels
      that
      UPEI
     
     
      is
      different
      from
      other
      universities
      is
      the
     
     
      students’
      ignorance
      of
      the
      importance
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      traditions
      at
      university.
      In
      some
      cases
     
     
      students
      change
      traditions
      instead
      of
     
     
      handing
      them
      down.
      He
      explained
     
    
   
   
    
     
      examples
      with
      the
      yearbook
      and
      newspaper.
     
     
      Almost
      every
      year
      the
      newspaper
      and
     
     
      yearbook
      changes
      names
      to
      whatever
      suits.
     
     
      He
      argues
      that
      the
      yearbook
      originally
     
     
      called
      Nexus,
      revealed
      great
      tradition.
     
     
      When
      Saint
      Dunstan
      and
      Prince
      of
      Wales
     
     
      college
      joined
      to
      form
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island,
      there
      was
      a
     
     
      competition
      to
      decide
      a
      name
      for
      the
     
     
      yearbook.
      A
      biology
      student
      won
      fifty
     
     
      dollars
      with
      the
      word
      "Nexus"
      which
      means
     
     
      ‘join"
      in
      latin.
      The
      yearbook’s
      name
      has
     
     
      since
      been
      changed,
      and
      it
      has
      lost
      its
     
    
   
   
    
     
      syrbolic
      meaning.
      He
      reveals
      that
      these
     
     
      are
      only
      a
      couple
      of
      examples
      of
      what
      the
     
     
      university
      lacks.
      He
      has
      seen
      through
      the
     
     
      generations
      of
      years
      that
      students
      haven’t
     
     
      been
      making
      an
      effort
      to
      pass
      down
     
     
      traditions.
      Sophomores
      should
      indoctrinate
     
     
      freshman
      and
      traditions
      should
      perpetuate
     
     
      year
      after
      year.
      He
      believes,
      however,
      that
     
     
      one
      person
      who
      is
      attempting
      to
      maintain
     
     
      tradition
      is
      Dr.
      Eliot.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ninian
      Leblanc’s
      advice
      to
      today’s
      student
     
     
      is
      a
      student
      should
      know
      why
      he
      or
      she
      is
     
     
      on
      campus.
      After
      knowing
      the
      primary
     
     
      purpose
      for
      being
      here,
      they
      then
      shouldn’t
     
     
      give
      up
      when
      the
      going
      gets
      tough.
      He
     
     
      explains
      we
      should
      know
      for
      sure
      if
      we
      want
     
     
      to
      go
      to
      university
      instead
      of
      wasting
      time
     
     
      and
      pressure.
      That’s
      great
      advice
      from
      a
     
     
      man
      who
      knows
      how
      living
      things
      click.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1990/91
      SWAP
      Brochures
      are
     
     
      now
      available
      at
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      Office.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      r
      4
     
     
      SWAP
     
     
      t
      u
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anyone
      interested
      can
      pick
      one
     
     
      up
      during
      office
      hours.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      8,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      7