Queen Candidates Arrive... Fireworks The British Columbia suite at the Sky Line in Toronto was the setting for a very exciting afternoon Initiate Carnival last Wednesday. The candidates for the Miss Canadian Winter University Snow Queen pageant at WLU's None of them particularly cared Ed them to relax. Morewer, th 9 Toronto amid balmy, spring-like Carnival arrived in for the out and out "swinger" girls said that they never got weather. type. Each girl seemed to have used to the excitement of such re- Sakundiak from Regina accom- The very beautiful girls are her own idea on what they would events. sections of Can- panied his fiancee, Miss Judy presenting many do if an escort got out of line. « Newfoundland to British Morstad from the University of * * ada from They ranged all the way from Top of the conversation list Saskatchewan. The rest of the Columbia. Most of them arrived "laughing it off" to "politely put- was careers. The candidates have by the young ladies are provided with plane and were met at ting him in his place". They, plans ranging all the way from by various members of escorts from WLU. They were ajrport would resort to physical violence farmer's wife to teacher, to soc- the Winter Carnival Executive very impressed by the letters they only as a last resort. Gwen Mit- ial worker, to interior designer Snow Committee. received from the fellows escort- and the Queen ges course has her judo les- and home economist. ing them. of * * * ■ sons to protect her. Also on hand at the reception at Many already belong of them * * * the Sky Line on Wednesday were to the "jet-set" since they have All the girls were agreed on the * * * type person they One thing which impressed the various members of the press already number of times. of would like to flown a escort them. Surprisingly enough girls was the way in which their from the large Toronto Dailies. One Miss Daphne Candidate, they did not feel good looks were welcome was handled. They ap- The candidates arrived at WLU Ladd be on for the feel, will not hand very important. They did preciated that they did not have at G p.m. Wednesday by bus and Judy Carrie although, that he should have a Carnival and Miss wander around on their own prepared to begin University not humour, thai he should to were their hec- from Carleton will sense of they be able to arrive until today. A be a good conversationalist and at the airport when arrived. tic schedule. They will be guests few arrived by car. should "know what he is doing." Although they were all very ex- of the girls in Womens' Resi- One snow queen candidate even They all wanted an escort who cited they felt that the informal dence until Sunday when they will photo by Jackson brought her own escort. Mr. Don they could "lean on." atmosphere at the Sky Line help- leave for home. Dave's bye gone The CORD WEEKLY bye VOL. VII NO. 15 WATERLOO LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1967 Students demand University democracy Waterlootheran students are , s : "Waterloo usually admitted to Board of University of Waterloo, At the Students want Governors meetings only upon council president Mike Students' special invitation. The only re- Sheppard has vowed to back his presentation which students here council's resolution calling for representation in enjoy, is on the Administrative open decision-making in his uni- Students' Council presi- versity community. Council. University dent sits on that body, but be- He and other council members Govt's cause of the obligation be were planning to show up at representation in uni- if> Student "responsible", Thursday's (Jan. 19) board of versity government has become which is automa- governors meeting — in spite of a burning issue throughout On- tically imposed, there is little or protesjts from university presi- tario, and Canada as a whole. no report or feed-back. Some of the extent dent J. G. Hagey. The following shows the students' problems may well Sheppard, Presi- of the unrest. be presented and considered, but In a letter to University of Waterloo stu- dent Hagey said the student pre- the approach and the subjects board dents• threaten to crash a closed sident's plan to attend the meeting. for consideration are determined meeting, with the student news- Board of Governors present, jeopardize About 100 miles away, almost entirely by that single in- paper could coun- being done by the joint Glendon• College students' dividual. work on the senate-student committee on uni- cil calls for an assembly CUS has taken a stand on the subject "whether or not the versity government. matter of open-decision making This committee, which has president of this university has three student representatives, the intellectual integrity to dis- and student representation. A was formed last term to study cuss his views publicly". model letter has been drafted At the same time, a Mon- for presentation to the president predicts treal• daily newspaper of any university, and to the the university of Western that Board of Governors. Ontario, torn by student-faculty- administration discord over the The letter states, in part, "As U of W students university government struc- you know, the students are vital- tures, could become Canada's ly concerned about the quality Berkely. photo by Jackson of their education, and conse- in favor of In Calgary, students at the quently about the important de- Southern• Alberta Institute of Dick Taylor, Director of Information for WLU is cisions being taken by the Board, Technology attack paternalism in seen here talking- to two Queen candidates at a re- which deal with the future of "open doorpolicy" an administration which forces ception held for them in Toronto by our University. "Waterloo Lutheran University. them to attend 90% of their 'We wish to send representatives classes and refuses to listen to to your next meeting.' In. complaints about lack of ade- community and call* off cessa- Canada, we as a society have op- «he Duff-Berdahl report on urn- health or tion of U.S. raids on ted for open, democratic deci- "bring quate services residen- bombing Diefenbaker is versity government and to SAIT. North Vietnam. sion making, and we as students any desir- ces at forward proposals for University Col- McGill his- believe that this cherished prin- the existing struc- / of British An effervescent able reforms of award-winning Student tory professor named LAURIER unable to speak ciple should apply to the govern- ture of government at the Uni- umbia's• • newspaper, The Übyssey, an- LaPIERRE travels thousands of ing bodies of our institutions of versity of Waterloo."* Opposition Leader John Diefen- nounces it is "tired of being ir- miles across Canada, telling stu- higher learning, as well as to Sheppard has denied the stu- baker will not make his schedul- relevant" and adopts a radically- dents that Canadian Universities our parliaments and voluntary dent federation is trying to alter ed appearance February 1 as the organizations." procedure, saying it is different political journal for- are "ghettoes" and the students last koard more speaker in the Centennial impossible to change the board's mat. who attend them do little Lecture series. There was also a recognition structure without revealing its Meanwhile, a timid report than contemplate their navels be of the flaot that a few problems one Canadian The House of Commons•will operations to the student body. notes• that only while the world around them session and as leader of the must be kept "in camera", but student health in should And when the committee sub- campus possesses seethes with social injustice. opposition party. Mr. Diefenbaker that such sessions be are country, mits its report to the board of and psychiatric services that And across the must remain until an adjourn- justified and accounted for. governors, debate on the subject en a par with U.S. facilities. The student• councils hold superficial ment, In view of these national oc- will be closed. report, published by CUS, warns discussions on the problems of currences it is hoped that the raging The Cultural Affairs Committee Sheppard said that while there of new discontent in stu- education, the social and econo- is negotiating for another tenta- Administrators at WLU will con- Is little immediate likelihood of dent minds across the country. mic barriers to post-secondary tive date, probably sometime la- tinue their policy of enlightened an organized student strike being An editorial page in the education in Canada and the in- ter in February. cooperation with the students, called to support student de- Daily• Ryersonian, student paper adequcies of university factories. and that the Board will take the mands for the "open-door policy" at Ryerson Polytechnical Instit- Their unstructured rivals in stud- initiative to invite student re- he warns that council won't ac- ute, recommends that courses at ent activism, the Student Union one week. It is all a manifesta- presentatives to the earliest pos- cept compromise solutions and the institute be extended to four for Peace Action, hold a meeting tion of the Significant Sixties — sible meeting. It is clear that the could call a strike if all methods years; supports student "free- and decides that more structure an age of mods and miniskirts, moral implications of the situa- of sober debate and negotiations dom" to take part in decision- is needed in their protests. a faraway war and continued tion demand this action in this, fail. making within the aoademie • Most of this occurred in poverty at home and abroad.