University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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m i j I j My roommate asked me the other day. Hey. what do you think of the chancellor, anyway? Well, this was a good one for me, never having had a chancellor before. I said. Well ... That ' s no answer. my roommate interrupts. Right. My impressions of the chancellor have been developed by Daily Cal editorials and one brief confrontation (using that term very loosely). I got this little, uh. engraved invitation (Far-Out) in the mail along with some Blue Cross propaganda and decided that if I couldn ' t find something else to do that night I ' d put on a tie and go to this Chancellor ' s Reception. So. I show up at the thing, and here ' s this line that resembles a full dress pre-enrollment. Pretty soon a really sweet little faculty wife takes me in wing, leads me around a corner, and introduces me to (trumpets sound) - - the Chancellor. Chancellor Bowker. mumble um mumble. Mumble um whatever. Chancellor Bowker. Limp handshake. I must be about the 1 500th freshman he ' s seen so far. I say something inane. He looks right through me. At least his wife smiled a little less zombie-like. I don ' t know. I just wasn ' t too awfully impressed. I sure hope he ' s a little more alive during office hours. 13

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In fact. I might even say that Berkeley ranks fairly high in its attachment to traditional student life. Nationally. Frat enrollment is in trouble, attendance at athletic events is down ... I do not think the University itself should be used for political purposes by faculty or students. One of my biggest problems will be fighting the battle of the budget. Chancellor Bowker 12

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were elected mayor of this town, I ' d sell the university to the Jesus Freaks . . . they need an education. Street Person 14