Volume
8
Number
UNIVEFiSITY
16
A Lutheran
OF WATERLOO,
Waterloo,
Ontario
Friday,
October
13,
1967
first
Students help choose preg -
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Waterloo Lutheran University broke precedent this week. a student was appointed to an administration committee, following a request made earlier by student council. The special committee was fom med to find a replacement for Dr. William J. Villaume, who resigned as president of WLU in June. The lone student on thecommittee will be joined by four governors, three faculty members, one alumnus and the president of the Lutheran synod. The position of student representative will be open for nominations next week. The final choice will rest with a select committee of student council. Dr. Henry Endress, acting president, said students were allowed a representative because of ad4 r+ tional and responsible request by student council”. This request was in the form of & letter from student-council pre= sident Jim Griffiths to the board of governors, which asked that students be allowed to 14take an
Constitution The first meeting of the Village council October 5 decided to hold a general referendum on the new constitution. The informal meeting opened with election of officers, followed by a general discussion of the new constitution. Out of this came a ---m-m---Rikk0; -~iilk&referendum Part A no Part B yes --------------------___ decision to hold a referenaum, held yesterday. decided it must have overall student acceptance of the intentions and general principles of the constitution before beginning to work under it. The referendum itself consisted The first part dealt of two parts. with the method of implimentation
active and responsible part in the decisions affecting the type of education, the mode of university government and the.future physical plant envisioned by WLU? In addition to the seat on this special committee, Griffiths also requested student representation on a committee which will deal with the plans of WLU’s future. This plan was developed by a consulting firm over the past five months. participation on this Student latter body was delayed for action until the next board of governors meeting. G riffiths, however, is confident that students will be asked to sit on committees studying this report. The firm which drew up the report, Booz, Allen and Hamilton, has delivered the paper to the board of governors. The decision to allow a student representative on the presidential selection committee is a landmark in Canadian university government. It is the first time that students have been allowed avoice in the selection of a university president.
vote and the second with the principles contained in the constitution. It’ the students accept the principles, the council hopes to amend it before passing it as complete. To this end, a constitution committee is being formed consisting of roughly a dozen people, half from the Village and quadrant council,s remainder other Villagers. The council expects that all problems will be dealt with and all amendments finalized before Christmas, so that next term% council will have a complete, acceptable constitution to work under. It also hopes that all dissension will be resolved by this re ferendum, regardless of the outcome.
The swimming pool in the phys-ed building is full, but it’s not ready for use as Barbara Brown, arts 1, found. The contractors filled it with drainage water to test for leaks. (Chevron photo by Glenn Berry)
Poro Seco's cancel, Phil Ochs booked by Andy Chevron
Lawrence staff
The Pozo Seco Singers, will not be coming for the October 27 concert as announced by Homecoming ‘67. After two weeks of humming and hawing, the singers told Marty McInnis, arts 1, homecoming chairman, that they will not appear here. They refused because they cannot get other bookings in the area. They are playing in the southern U.S. on October 28 and did not consider the $2,000 offer enough for the trip. Phil Ochs has now been booked to take the singers’ place for the concert.
Homecoming% reason for the great last-minute rush to get an entertainer is that Tom Close, math 3, resigned in August as chairman because of poor marks. McGinnis and Joe Recchia, vicechairman, tried to book Petula Clark, but she did not want to come at any price. Then they tried Peter, Paul and -Mary, who held out for weeks before refusing a booking. Finally came the Pozo Seco Singers, who said they would come if they could get another booking in the area. McInnis thought he might be able to book them at U of T, but this was impossible and last week the singers cancelled. Ochs is available at this late
date only because he stoppedplaying concerts for the summer and has been working in California changing his style. This year is much like last year, when Gordon Lightfoot was supposedly booked for a concert, and then wasn’t told about it. The
1The University of Waterloo t celebrates its tenth birthday ~October 22-29 with a full week including fall convo,cation, Homecoming, a major open house-and the North American tiddlywinks championships. _
Mitchell Trio for $2,200,
was finally
booked
Last year however, U of T was not quite as lucky and was forced to cancel its homecoming concert because it couldn’t get a booking. McInnis
said the situation
should
’
be improved next year.“ We should have next year’s orientation and homecoming booked by the end of this month? He said the main problem at the university is lack of a large hall to book a big-name group and break even on the ticket sales. He said he has used Seagram gym this year in an effort to get to the student without transportation. Steve Ireland, president of the Federation of Students, reacted to the cancellation, saying, ((Marty will work it out.” Brian Iler, chairman of the board of student activities, agreed with McInnis’ comment that acts for homecoming should have been booked earlier,