_ 5.....the CADRE, November 25, 1970 .-

Editor’s Note:

Since President Baker took office there have been many complaints about his handling of the amalgamation process and the direction of the University since amalgamation. We will not de- bate the merits of these criticisms at this time. It has come to our attention, however, that there was one stage in the negotiations for amalgam- ation where the President showed up very well indeed. We believe he should get credit for his stand against the Board of Governors of St. Dunstan’s University. The adoption of the S.D.U. proposals shown below would definitely be contrary to the intent of the Act and the Govemment’s position stated in the White Paper of April 2, 1968. Although this document is classified as confidential we feel it is important people realize what was going on during the amalgamation negotiations in the summer of 1969. We also feel that the President and the U.P.E.l. Board of Governors should be com- mended for their unanimous stand against such insane proposals.

THE UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Minutes of the Closed Session of the Board of Governors

July 28, 1969

The President reported to the Board that he had been asked by the St. Dunstan’s University Negotiating Committee to obtain the opinion of the Board of Governors of U.P.E.I. on two

sections of the S.D.U. proposal:

(k) The University of Prince Edward Island shall establish and maintain a programme in the

Faculty of Arts of the University (preferably to be known as the St. Dunstan’s College pro gr- amme) which shall offer to students of the University such courses in the ‘ as may be determined by the Faculty Board appointed to administer such .

resources of the University warrant, the University will provide adeq ' 'ties on campus to accommodate the teaching and administrative staff and students in

. s, for the students who are - f library, athletic and social fac- to a reasonable accomodation in the matter

of lecture halls and other academic facilities 8 as may be mutually agreed.

-The President had taken the stand a Sen te and that it would be both improper and illegal for the Government of the Pr the Board of Governors of S.D.U. or U.P.E.I. to negotiate them. He was the same towards the two f . overnment. As a courtesy, however, he was

prepared to obtain an opinio fr - i - Board/of Governors of U.P.E.I., without in any way

The President said that h een forced to ask that the meeting of the Board of Gover- nors be closed for thi ' - \ ‘ iating Committee to se proposals. He would try to obtain permission as soon embers if the item was no longer confidential. (At the following mittee the S.D.U. negotiators asked that the proposals be

ey not be discussed in open meetings.)

* sed 1118 views strongly. He said that these two clauses opened the way to ney for a program outside University control — in effect a federated

1it ope . (1 within it. In his view this would be totally uneconomic; moreover it t . pirit of the Act, and certainly against the spirit in which he had been brought to the o . i I point in his meetings with members of either university or in his meetings had there been a suggestion of the likelihood of such a wftem.

After a lengthy discussion, the Board unanimously agreed to support the President’s stand that the negotiations between Government and S.D.U. should be confined to the acquisition of physical assets. The President thanked the Board for their support. He said that he would notify the Negotiating Committee of the Board’s opinion.