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

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A.E. SHEPHERD Chairman Board of Governors RMB. WILLIS Vice-President Administration and Finance DR. A.W. TRUEIVIAN Chancellor l' Y' L 2 L saws 'Max vw? DH. l'i.,I. HUSSl'I'l'Ilai X nw-l l'CSltlffIll Academic 'Kd' UH. 0.Il. NXQXIQNYICIIS X ll't'-l,I't'Slllk'l1l Health Sciences

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Dr. D. Carlton Williams, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario occupies the office symbolically looking out at the newest construction on campus, the Social Science Centre and the University Community Centre. Symbolically, because as President of the University for the past four years, Dr. Williams has watched Western grow from a relatively small campus to a large ever-changing university community. l wouldnit like to see more than l8,000 students at Westcrnf, Dr. Williams said, Hbut there remains a great deal of pressure to expand, since we are the most popular university in Ontariofi ln the past Western received about ten percent of the freshman enrollment in the province, but recently the absolute number this represents has increased dramatically. Even though , we have tried to reduce this percentage, the campus must still expand rapidly and there is still a sense of urgency in the building programs. Dr. Williams feels the growth rate must be slowed down to avoid a campus too large and impersonal, a campus where it may be tempting to substitute quantity for quality. Regardless, there is an obvious obligation to expand to satisfy the public need, although the upper limit as yet remains unknown. Students leaving university are not over educated for society is needs, Dr. Williams fell. Current problems, largely economic conditions, are making it difficult for students to find employment. We need to set up an information service for students, to warn them about entering departments where employment possibilities may be limited when they graduate, Dr. Williams said. Such a service would reduce the problems faced by the Althouse graduates where only two-thirds were able to get permanent teaching positions. Dr. Williams has noticed a growing participation of staff and students in campus affairs, particularly in government, that has uproduced a reasonably calm and stable campusm. Challenging accepted dogma is a healthy thing. We try to provide effective channels so that complaints can be registered and acted uponfi Dr. Williams also said that he has a Qfrustratedj desire to be seen more, to be more available for contact with students and staff. As matters stand, he is tied up in the bureaucracy of administering the University, overseeing the innumerable facets of its operation. Also, as Chairman of the Council of Ontario Universities and as a director of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, he is away a lot. Dr. Williams is also one of the only persons who has no tenure, in his position as president. Hlaike all presidents lam sitting on a bomb that could explode any time. The problem is that l don 't know how long the fuse is. In any case, I hold my position solely at the pleasure of the Board of Governors. .Xbovc all else, his understanding, his patience, and his ability, Dr. Williams showed that he is approachable and concerned.

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