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     l ‘ gs that the university 
     
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     ‘ .6. le,"‘0ne of the'under- 
     
     jng objectives of each 
     
     urse in the Lmiversity ‘ 
     
     |.. 1d be to improve the 
     
     pacity for critical 
     
     ught. N007, that - 
     
     sn't mean destructive 
     
    

    
     . iticism," or even crit- 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     . iticianiu It is the 
     
     pacity'fOr critical 
     
    

    
     | ught that should be 
     
    

    
     If hallmark of a univer- 
     
     ity graduate. Unfortun- 
     
     tely, it' sate’times‘ leads 
     
     0 trouble with“ an mploy— 
     
     . r who justwrftsftthefufr - 
     
     duaséfitécdoa job amides; 
     
    
   
   
    
     . an; feat iés ‘key 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 real progress and will, 
     
     believe, play a vital 
     
     ole in helping to solve 
     
     e problems we face to- 
     
     y. 
     
    

    
     A second thing that the 
     
     - iversity should never 
     
     ose sight Of is the fact 
     
     t one of man's great- 
     
     st joys is to increase 
     
    

    
     '5 knowledge and under- 
     
    

    
     ‘ tanding. The horizons of 
     
     ‘f the mind are the fron- 
     
     eirs that are most ex- 
     
    

    
     : '0 ding. I 
     
    

    
     It is often said that 
     
    

    
     - most fundanental tasks 
     
     f the university are to ~ 
     
     'soover, preserve and 
     
     'sseminate knowlédge and 
     
     formation. 
     
    

    
     (he can liken the cur _ 
     
     ‘ ent process of discovery 
     
     ‘ f new knowledge to a cry- 
     
     tal growing in a sol 
     
     tiOn. But rather than 
     
     0 ing in a uniform way, 
     
     believe our knowledge 
     
     rYStal is growing in ' 
     
     Ong, thin, fragile spikes 
     
     I own as disciplines. The 
     
     rOntiers of discovery are 
     
     rceived to be at the 
     
     ds of  spikes, and 
     
     0- ialized researchers 
     
     8 attracted there to ' 
     
     elp the crystal of dis- 
     
     O'Vered knowledge grow. 
     
     Fhe resultis that the ' 
     
     lkes grow outward and 
     
     l- and further apart 
     
    
   
   
    
     ism just for the sake of 
     
    
   
   
    
     3.; 
     
    
   
   
    
     as, men“ A 
     
    
   
   
    
     satethingS' 
     
    
   
   
    
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     During the meetings of 
     
     the Camomiealth univer— 
     
     sities the senior uni- 
     
    
   
   
    
     leaving an uncanfortable 
     
     feeling that often emerges 
     
     as a_call for interdisci— 
     
     plinary research satewhere 
     
     in between the spikes. 
     
    

    
     the bridging of these 
     
     gaps is becoming an ur- 
     
     gent priority, part- 
     
     icularly in the light of 
     
     today's problems. It is 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     versity such as UPEI can 
     
     .play a key role. 
     
    

    
     ; As we enter this next 
     
     stage of our development, 
     
     I hope the faculty and 
     
     students will keep these 
     
     objectives in mind as you 
     
     embark together on the 
     
     voyage of learning. 'lhe 
     
     smoothness of this voyage 
     
     is not determined only by 
     
     the faculty and the stu- 
     
     dents. It is crucially 
     
    
   
   
    
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     versity presidents gave 
     
     us newoaners sane very 
     
     sage advice which I would 
     
     like to share with you. 
     
     (me of the first things 
     
     gwewere toldwas thata 
     
     " University president 
     
     should always keep his 
     
     eyes wide open, so wide 
     
     open that he should know 
     
     when not to see something. 
     
     Anothe pointed out that a 
     
     president is the only per- 
     
     son at a reception who ' 
     
     shakes the hands of one 
     
     quarter of those present 
     
     and the confidence of the 
     
     rest. 'Ihere was‘even I 
     
     some advice to spouses of 
     
     presidents, who were told 
     
     that they will have to 
     
     spend half their time in 
     
     conversation pretending 
     
     that they do know what 
     
     they don't know and the 
     
     other half pretending that 
     
     they don't know what they 
     
     do know. , 
     
     Perhaps the wisest advice 
     
     was that we should be 
     
     guided by that well—known 
     
     prayer: God grant us the 
     
     serenity to accept the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     dependent on the staff of 
     
     the University who are 
     
     responsible for providing 
     
     the best possible environ- 
     
     ment, both in physical ' 
     
     and human terms. It 
     
    

    
     also depends very much 
     
    

    
     on the support and encour— 
     
     agement of the society of 
     
     which the University is a 
     
     part. 
     
    
   
   
    
     u PE minimum ES. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As President of the Student Union, I bring 
     
     greetings to you, Dr. Peter Maincke, on behalf of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the students of the University of Prince Edward 
     
    
   
   
    
     Island. ()1 this day of your official 
     
    

    
     inauguration as second President of the University, 
     
     _I bear with me the wish of all students that you may, 
     
     in the caning years, enjoy a distinguished and 
     
     prosperous term. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Your well—known concern for the welfare of your 
     
     students, and your determinatim to see U.P.E.I. 
     
     realize its full potential in its Island setting are 
     
     weloare qualities Whid’l you bring to the office of 
     
     President. "Ihrough your wisdan, insight, and 
     
     integrity, 'may you serve to promote the honoured 
     
     position this University occupies in our local 
     
     carmunity. - 
     
    
   
   
    
     God grant you and yours good health and fortune 
     
     in the caning years; and may your mark on U.P.E.I. be 
     
     a noble one, and an enduring one. ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Welcare President Neincke. 
     
     ‘ Kevin Gauthier 
     
    
   
   
    
     President 
     
     Presented September 23, 1.978. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'IHEUPEISUN'Ih 
     
    
   
   
    
     DDRESS " 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     things we cannot change: 
     
    
   
   
    
     the courage to change the 
     
     things we Ca“ and the 
     
    
   
   
    
      to « ow 
     
     erence. 
     
    

    
     In a time of rapid 
     
     change such as we are now 
     
     experiencing, we need an 
     
     even greater wisdan, be- 
     
     cause the ground is shift— 
     
     ing rapidly. Sane of 
     
     those things that couldn't 
     
     be changed ten years ago 
     
     are now amenable to change 
     
     while others can no long- 
     
     er be changed. 
     
    

    
     As we face the future, 
     
    

    
     I hope that we will all 
     
    

    
     be able to make the best 
     
     use possible of the cap- 
     
     acity for critical thought 
     
     and to find the necessary 
     
    
   
   
    
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     serenit , courae and wisdom.