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     THE CADRE 
     
    
   
   
    
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     In the Guise of Committment 
     
    
   
   
    
     The last issue of the " 
     
     "Cadre" revealed, perhaps 
     
     quite by mistake, the und- 
     
     erlying motivations of our 
     
     faculty members. 
     
    

    
     A professor, genuinly 
     
     committed to teaching, 
     
    
   
   
    
     put financial matters se- 
     
     cond to his primary func* 
     
     tion : teaching. However, 
     
    
   
   
    
     their obvious concern and 
     
     annoyment at having been 
     
     subjected to a test of pro 
     
     ficiency which used a point 
     
    
   
   
    
     will always, in my opinion system of measurment at 
     
    
   
   
    
     The UPEI Centenial 
     
     students, those Prince 
     
    
   
   
    
     Edward Islanders 60 years of 
     
     age or over attending e 
     
     classes at the university 
     
     were honored by the Student 
     
     Union on Monday Feb. 22nd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Honorary Lifé’ membership in 
     
     the student union and its 
     
     attendant privileges were 
     
     given to the 64 Centenial 
     
    
   
   
    
     students by the outgoing 
     
     council as one of its last 
     
     official acts. Pat Duffy the 
     
     past UPEI-SU President, on 
     
     behalf of the Union, 
     
     presented the students with 
     
     their membership cards. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Then along with Bob Gray and 
     
     Norbert Moran two former ~ 
     
     Vice Presidents, hosted a 
     
     casual party for the 
     
     Centenial Students. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     which somehow resembled 
     
    

    
     their salary-range,seems 
     
    

    
     to indicate that financial 
     
    

    
     matters are indeed primary. 
     
     Now , those students 
     
    

    
     who strive for "marks", 
     
    

    
     "scholarships" ,and"degrees' 
     
    
   
   
    
     manifest an alienation due 
     
    
   
   
    
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     to being categorized as 
     
     "students"which is not a 
     
    
   
   
    
     real phenomenon but is 
     
    
   
   
    
     rather,an abstration. 
     
     Individuality is forgot- 
     
     ten in favour of the safe 
     
     role of "student". 
     
     Correspondingly, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     individual who attempts to 
     
     play the abstract role of 
     
     "professor" must,of necess 
     
     ity, experience alienation 
     
     which is manifested by 
     
     showing undue concern over 
     
     such matters as "money", 
     
     "status", and "evaluations'. 
     
    

    
     Two abstractions ('st- 
     
     udent" and “professor") ca- 
     
     nnot relate effectively to 
     
     the advantage of the indiv- 
     
     iduals involved in these 
     
     roles; consequently, the 
     
     primary aim of the educaté# 
     
     ive attempt, understanding, 
     
     is placed subordinately to 
     
     those things which will as- 
     
     sure the"'survival" of the 
     
     individual i.e. ,money,sta- 
     
     tus,etc. 
     
    

    
     I am stricken with 
     
     shame for the "professor"; 
     
     they appear to me as chil- 
     
     dren in adult clothing. The 
     
     "students" I fear,are hea- 
     
     ding in the same direction. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Stan Dalton 
     
    
   
   
    
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