University of Western Ontario - Occidentalia Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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DR. D. CARLTON WILLIAMS E President and Vice-Chancellor D.C. SPEAKS WHAT ARE YOUR GENERAL IMPRESSIONS CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CENTRE? I am in favor of it. Western is one of the few well-established universities without a centre of this kind. It is bound to be mainly student-populated but the community idea is good. I would enjoy associating with the undergraduates. Both student and faculty should have a place of their own but recreational facilities should be for all on a first come - first served basis. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE HIGHLIGHTISI OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR? The decision to purchase the Milton collection was the biggest highlight of the year. It puts Western on the map as far as Miltonian scholarship goes. The whole university can take pride in it as it is the last private collection and the only one in Canada. For the country, it will attract scholars in history, law, English and other related fields. Western is proving itself by drastically modifying the entire system of government and making the two-tiered system work well. The Senate and the Board are getting along very well. The action of the Senate on inviting fourteen students as

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observers was done on its own and in two years when the constitution is renewed more students will be able to be full members. The announcement of lVIetras' retirement after 38 years of devoting his life to the university served to highlight the last game where we watched him coach at J. W. Little lVlemoriaI Stadium. We have had a good year. Western has been free of violence and agitation, not because the students are apathetic but communication is worked at here. The initiative in pushing the UCC has been due to a more effective USC this year. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW LENIENCY AT WESTERN II.E. ONLY FIVE COURSES REOUIRED FOR FIRST YEARI? The old idea of six courses gave people a survey of a broad background rather than letting them concentrate in one area. Today undergraduates are better prepared 5 therefore, they can afford to make better choices in greater depth. Thus, the same amount of work will be involved but in greater depth. But we will jealously preserve your democratic right to fail. The system is opening up to a more liberal, wider choice - but the student has more responsibility for his choices than he previously had. lf the student has chosen wisely and sensibly we will provide him with a good education. This does not mean we are lowering the standards - either there will be a higher failure rate or students will be more dissatisfied. Thus, we should encourage them to seek counselling and so increase the number of counsellors. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER IS WESTERN'S PRIME OBLIGATION TO al THE STUDENT AND bl THE COIVIIVIUNITY, and is it fulfilling these obligations? The prime obligation to the student, as an individual, is to make him feel he is here for an education and to allow him the education he needs or wants. The obligation of the university to the community is to stand as a university of quality and to hold up to the people the idea of the pursuit of excellence. We are fulfilling it to some extent, not as well as we could or as well as we like. The lVIiIton collection is a mark of excellence which we can strive for, the photochemical library is important for medicine, nursing and the sciences. Also Western has revived musical interest in southwestern Ontario with the companies of Gilbert and Sullivan and Purple Patches. 16