.

| the first principal of Selkirk Col-

lit ‘by discussion groups-formed
}from 475 West. Kootenay area

ami |, residents in attendance.

... UBC first vice-president Dr.
! Neil’ Perry and ‘Victoria .Univer-
| sity president Dr. Malcolm Tay-
't lor confined themselves to short

a): + introductory. remarks,

| Rev: Aquinas Thomas, ‘president
of the private Notre Dame Un-
i Fiversity of Nelson said his posi-
tion:on the: panel would be that
of the devil's advocate.

a ‘Father ‘Aquinas said: NDU’s
‘i, board of governors are “100 per
cent “behind: the: regional 'col-

Hi lege‘ with regard to the technic-

. al-vocational aspects: of it”. but
he said he would make no state-
ment’ on’ the’ college’s: academic
program ‘as we have no inform-
ai

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| Panel Answered Questic

lege; answered questions put to]:

tion on what shape the academ-! first.

ic program will take.” He asked:
“Can we afford now to duplicate
academic. facilities? How. ex-

pensive will be the initial costs?”

Simon-Fraser president, Dr.
P..D. McTaggart-Cowan said the
need for, a regional’ college here
is’ “undoubted.” “He. said the
MacDonald report on higher ed-
ueation recognized the need for
alternatives -in © post-secondary.
education ‘and ‘the more alter-
natives we ‘can offer,’ the ‘bet-
ter will be the next, generation.”
The S-F president said good
faculty .is important but. poten-,
tial. faculty: members ‘will'‘not
dust look at the salaries: which
the’ regional college’ will:.offer.
“More important,” he said, ‘will
be: the ‘image, ‘ideas:'and ‘ideals
which . you: present to .prospec-
tive: faculty: members.”

Dr. ‘McTaggart-Cowan said
a new. institution. has the ‘op-
portunity for the -first few years

‘to: pioneer ‘and create*‘and he

urged. ‘the - regional college : to

dojust~

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“He said it will need a good
academic’ ’ program“ * “and: this
does ‘not mean ‘trying to cover
the: waterfront.” : He ‘suggested
the college discover the areas
of greatest need in the com-
munity ‘and try to serve them

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“he ‘speake
self. pioneering ‘a new. unive
sity, suggested ‘that. the: regional

identified.” He’ said. 1
culty:is' given the opporcunt
plan‘courses,.a' good ifa y
be ‘attracted ‘and i

the questio)

and ‘the! replies

of. ‘the: membe! eas

/ °\The present university 'y:
of: eight. menths: versu:

mester” system \ that:
buildings: all! year’ aroun
“Drs MeTaggart-Cowan:: said
the system..of three’ four-month
terms ‘allows flexibility fo
students. and: faculty::in’ i
student: can ;:attend, one.) year;

take: their. four-month vacation

ta )
fluctuates - greatly

| different’ seasons‘. of! the

Me!
gested that : the students’ and
his: -parents:: will ide; this,

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quali: importance’
the: regional collége? should:
mixed. together: in ‘a community,
He suggested:that. with'a‘cross-

tion: of ''s!
tained:

while. the faculty : members can |-UEC

) Dr: ‘Taylor. commented that |:

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in 1936,

holarsh{p

(professor of ap-

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with three children. -He is affi-

18 associa’
fg pacthanies at, the) Univ 1 i
(Mr. “MeArthur. is married| i

he ‘spent sev-
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ted in the

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gramme is designed: ‘primar-
for mature students who wish

‘within: the programme: are : at
Grade XII level. To.be. ad-
’d--to college*preparatory,
». Students. must show
that they ‘have ‘completed

quired "prerequisite “sid-

im the start, They must have
al standing right atu the
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ft? the best. students from th
01 siege, ‘particularly: in

gested, that the - intimate | ap)
}proach of the regional sollege

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OF crop is. a
¢. ing. commodity, He! said:
the average ‘student is capable

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Pro is designed: primar:

ing a quite: excellent: stud-

omplete college.entrance:re‘| oy"
. | quirements.; The jcourses ‘bff

‘considers would’ ‘be ~ better. ad-

vised ‘to complete his college en--
trance standing in ‘his own high.

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