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Northcote Parkinson has put
Own' inns ideas on this subject
and this article is based on
them.
The students attending the
• universities of Canada, Britain
and the U.S.A. have been get.
ting the limelight for some
Years .now with- their efforts
to gain a say in the two tiers
of university go' ernment: The
Board o! - Governors and the
purely academic body,' the
Senate. Bid `in many. cases their
conce n has gone far 'beyond
these and they have given pub.
lie expression of their views
on such problems of 'the day
as: Vietnam and the draft in
the U.S.A. and nuclear disarm.
ament. To some this is const.•
dered highly creditableshow.
ing growing responsibility, To -
others the spectacle of young.
men and womenprocessingwith
banners, staging strikes and
sit.ins when they are supposed
to be reading books,. seems`
absurd.
In days gone by
students ex.
pressed themselves in debating
societies, discussions, editing a
journal, or putting a chamber
pot On an inaccessible chimney.
These activities were in•
variably frivolous, never zeal•
ous, intolerant or dull and were
seldom directed a
gainst author.
sty. But protests -and rebellions
need. authority as an essential
butt. There must be two sides
at least, else activity is point.
less, lacking the reaction which
is what the protesters require:
Lulled along, getting bolder and
bolder, they have come to be.
Neve that any form of organized
might must be right; that it
is bound to extract some con.
cession. They employ a tech.
nique which has been ridden to
death, and still is, by union
leaders and many 'other
usurpers of power from author.
ity. They have the patterns of
HitlerMao, and many ' south
American- states to study. Their
confidence has been built up
by the concessions they have
'won' and the obligations -to the
law of the land from which they
are excused.
Until recently discipline at
universities was self.imposed,
Everone realized that, a B.A.
degree was just a drop in the
bucket and that only when an
14.k. had been achieved would
there come a release from that
discipline. The logic behind all
this' was thateach under.
graduate had asked for enrol.
anent. There was no compulsion
to join and by joining the student
gave a tacit adin.ission of his
ignorance. While other of his
-peers considered they had had°
enough education by age 18 or
even 14, the undergraduate felt
the need for more instruction —
for more guidance. If he were
not professedly ignorant, why
join a university? If a degree
was all he wanted, being un.
prepared to take advice, he
could graduate as an external
. student. The act of seeking ad.
mission to the university invited
what- must be •the invariable
response of the teacher: "You
may learn here provided. yoit
will do as you are told".
This is a proviso which every.
one accepts in every type of
school, whether it teaches
swimming, diving, first-aid,
football or hockey, or even
driving a car. The pupil who
will not obey should not be
admitted. The demagogues
should go elsewhere. But this
is exactly what would not suit
them. They must have some:
authority to flout. Those ad.
matted are presumed docile and
therefore teachable; those re.
jected being perhaps more,
mature, areless. teachable. The
suitable student came to the
university to learn — not to
teach and this was well under•
• stood and accepted by those
graduates who have now reached
middle age. ' At the university
they were free to study and
meditate, to listen and absorb;•
all privileges which would never
come again in a lifetime. •
Thus, with the whole world
of knowledge to ransack, some
so favoured coinplein today that
they have no say in ,the policy
of the university. Thye :feel ear
titled to take a share in the
administration, orachieve elec.
tion as a delegate and to spend
the time ion politl•cs vhicb was
Oven ahem for learning, The
'we' .(sti,ldents) ,who go into ac.
tion against 'they' (the staff)
fail in their imagination, for
•
Gain
the 4We' of toda ',will .become '.
the . 'they' of tornorrOw long
before the fancied grievance 4s
.determined.
• But to return to student
demonstrations. Some of to
day's students feel their opinion
about Vietnam should carry .
weight with the U.S. govern..
ment. A hint from. them would •
o influence the cabinet. A pro.
County Countii ' To Provide
Adequate Ambulance Service
Huron- County Council voted
on Tuesday of last week to. en.
ter into an agreement with the
Ontario. Department of Health
to provide adequate ambulance•
service for th#,7 residents of
Huron County at acost of twenty.•
five cents per capita paid by the
county.
Action was taken on recom-
mendation of Huron .c County
Board of Health.
Borden Cook, Blyth, board
chairman, pointed out that the
subject of ambulance service
had been discussed from time
to time, not only by the board
but by many municipalities. He
reported' that a meeting had
been held in Sarnia to which
a great many of the surrounding
municipalities had been invited
to send representatives.
The subject of arnbttiance ser.
vice had' also been placed on
the agenda of the Ontario Coun.
,ties Association at a recent
convention in Niagara Falls.
Dr. N.H. McNally chief of
emergency health service, On.
tarso Department of Health, ad.
dressed County Council last
Tuesday on the desirability of
instituting this service. He also,
indicated how the proposed sys-
tem would work.
The chairman also reported
that the Board of Health recently
had . met with representatives
m Perth County in connection
with the pi:oposed amalgamation,
of,the Huron County Health Unit .
and ,'the, Perth County Health
Unit.
•
"Although no.
commitment
has been made in any dray, •
very interesting discussions
have been held regarding the
proposed ` mgvp,". Mr. Cook
stated. "A great deal more will •
have to be finalied• befor.. e a
definite recommendation canbe
made by your Board:" '
In the meantime, Council ap•
proved a proposal the t negotia.
tions be continued . h the Perth
County. Health Un: Hy. +.
Dr. G.P.A. Evans, ical
Officer of Health for Huron,
addressed Council on various
aspects of the proposed amal.
gamation.
- -cession will frighten tate House
of Commons. They believe
themselves entitled to veto the
VW/lament Qf their principal
and to decide the promotion of
their professors and lecturers.
Are they not too immature, too
naive, if they honestly believe
'A the government has financed
.P.U.C. Appoints
Committee
William J., Mills, Chairman
of the Coderich Public Utilities
Commission, was appointed a
one—man nominating committee
last week to select six Dir.
ectors to form the 1968 Execu.
tive of the Ontario Municipal
Water Association.
Besides serving on the Public
Utilities Commission for the
past 14 years;' Mr. Mills has
been a Director of District
N•prtiber. . 6* of the Ontario Muni.
cipal Eleetroic Association for
the past several years..
Mr. Mills reports that con.
tinuing efforts are necessary
to -maintain good clean water in
Ontario Lakes. to supply the,
municipalities :with water for
our generation as well as the
generations to follow...
If more pollution' is dumped
into our lakes, theextra cost
to remove this polltion will
have to be borne by every water
customer in Ontario, he said. ,
them to spend four years ilo*
proving their university and
and mendingtheuiiiverse? When
books are deserted for .initis,
strikes and detnonstirations, the
student claims to know all he
weeds to know, Wiser than his
seniors, he indicates his studies
are over, his conclusions have
been reached. In such eases he
should be required to leave the
university at :once, making way
for" someone who does want to
learn, for he is only wasting
our money. •
Let us grant his obsession
with nuclear warfare, his pro,.
per interest in current affairs.
He mtglt be a splendid patri..
otic citizen — a useful member
•of the municipal council, BUT,
he should never be admitted to
a university. The place for
moral indignation is not in the
physics lab, not in the lecture
room, but rather,,1n the world
outside, or in the cinema. Deo
monstrating students should be
required to leave theuniversity
not for disdrderly, conduct, but
because they have failed to
understand the purpose of•a unit
versity. Universities should
cater to those who work more
and 'talk 'less, when perhaps the
standard �i ,learning would rise
and the need for building ani.
versities for demagogues would
decrease, with much benefit to
ail concerned - more expecially
the diligent student and the tax,.
payer-. •
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