The Muse, vol. 19, no. 08 (12 November 1968)

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"Are you number 19?"   Halloween caper in Paton College moves to the Parkway, where students held up traffic for about half an hour. Story on page 3.
Our first application
mode of living of which I intend to become accustomed.
Doubtless you are acquainted with my outstanding career as a public malefactor. If not, a detailed curriculum vitae will be provided. I apologize most sincerely for being born a Canadian. I realize that, in spite
of my personal fortune of
more than a billion dollars,
this is just not good enough.
I have, for fear of the dire
consequences that this would
have to my application, asked
some court friends in the Mother Country to expedite my
request for nationalization as
a British citizen.
Duke Ellington and Count
Basie will provide you with
references.
I look forward to a reply
at your  convenience.
Yours respectfully,
Earl John C. LoDey,
Labrador City,
Quebec.
Director of Building and
Grounds,
Nerve  Center,
Memorial  University  of
Newfoundland
Dear Sir,
How awfully pleased I was
to read your recent advertisement in the 'Muse'. Since I
was a little boy I have always wanted to be a University Chancellor and since last
Monday I have had a longstanding interest in Memorial's fortunes. It gives me
great pleasure, therefore, to
apply for your vacancy.
You will be concerned at
what I can offer Memorial
as its Chancellor. Of course,
I would do my utmost to help
in the process of foundering
the new medcal school and
I would take great delight in
distributing honorary degrees
at your monthly convocation.
You can also depend on me
to make 'substantial' contributions to the University cof
fers. Needless to say, in view
of my passionate interest in
'backyard farming', I would
be particularly willing to provide funds for the establishment of a large faculty of
agriculture at Memorial. I
expect that you are already
considering the idea. Let me
say that I believe M.U.N,
could become one of the
world's leading agricultural
research centers, given sufficient funds. In fact, I cannot think of a more suitable
place than Newfoundland for
such a development, in view
of the acute shortage of agriculturalists  in  the  province.
If appointed, I would like
three guarantees. First, the
position of Chancellor should
be above criticism by faculty
and the like. Secondly, that
I should receive an honorary
degree in education for my
work in the field of ignorance. Thirdly, the free house
that goes with the eminent
position must be altered at
the natives' expense to fit the
Memorial may experience its first teach-in if
plans suggested at a joint faculty-student think
session held last Saturday, come to fruition.
The plan suggested by Dr. Tom Mongor of
the Political Science Department would deal with
the question of university government as it relates
to education and would be intended to bring the
ideas of students, faculty, and administration into
the open.
The success of the venture depends however
on receiving the sanction of Academic Vice-President Moses Morgan and to cancel regular classes for
a period of time extending anywhere from three
days to a week.
Dr. Mongor did not however see this as an im-
impossibility.
"What could be more academic than a teach-in
on a topic such as this," he said.
Although all those attending the CSU sponsored seminar supported the idea of a teach-in
there was some opposition to the idea of bringing
speakers in from outside the province.
Mike Harrington, chairman of the ad-hoc committee to investigate the possibilities of the teach-
in, expressed doubts as to the usefulness of the
Newfoundland educational system.
"I think that we have to get our own ideas
straight in our minds first before we start bringing people to lay their ideas on us," he said.
The main focus of the one day seminar revolved around a paper by Dr. Mongar which suggested a restructuring of the power relationship
within the University.
Dr. Mongar described the present student teacher relationship as authoritarian and called for a revised classroom structure which would make the
professor more of a resource person than a teacher.
"The professor would then become a participant in the learning process," he said, "but this
would of course shift more of the burden of education to the students."
David Alexander of the history department
also gave a paper. He emphasized that the basic
factor to remember that whatever the structure
of the university, one must have some system to
restrict access to limited resources.
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Although the MUSE came out on Tuesday this week
I (the Remembrance Day weekend, plus confusion about
| Friday classes which we couldn't get cleared up by press
j time, plus a large number of ads necessitating sixteen
; pages, which our printer couldn't get printed in time
I caused this dramatic change), we will be appearing in
I future on Monday, instead of our usual Friday.
No doubt you have noticed that we have been having
I trouble getting the paper out on time this fall. It usually
§ comes up late Friday night, or even Saturday, after most
I people have gone home for the weekend. This isn't our
I fault, honest; we've been meeting our deadlines, but the
printers have been having problems with the paper.
They suggested that it might work out more satisfac-
I torily all round if we changed to Monday as regular pub-
I lishing day. We plan to try this until Christmas at least,
I to continue it after Christmas if it proves successful.
I  Let us know your opinions.