St. Patrick's Day. ‘mere will also be an

w exhibition of artifacts

from the Irish P.E.I. set-

tlers. 'Ihe exhib' ition,

f ' Set up on mlrsday. opens , _ Officially Friday, St.

Library.

Studen ts and the public

r. - are welccme to examine

the exhib' ition, named "Old

A ~ Ireland and New Ireland"

or a S 01’ while until officals in England rejected it.

'Ihe exhibition is recei-

ving a good deal of sup— port. As or Wednesday,

the first day for collec- (Patrick's Day in the Robert- 111?? for the exh—‘lblt-‘LOII:

interested persons had.

already offered more than

35 artifacts. CBCI‘ will

be featuring the Irish Heritage'Society Exhib' it

"HUNT CONTINUES

GRAND FALIS’,1\IFI.D. A

Ease—n operating in small ves'sels out of fisffing ports along New. foun’dland's Notre Dame and White Bays have taken about I4-vthousand’seals so far this Winter.

A Federal Fisheries Regional office at Grand Falls says the number shot by the landsmen is up Between 30' and 40% over this last year.

The landsmen's hare Vest involves seals one year old or older.‘1heir season opened in Feb.

- and closes May ISth

the quota for North: eastern Nfld. region set

NEWS

U.P.E.I. Student

cleared up the monetary difficulties concerning the Fabulous Platters.

In conjunction with the services of Ron Dalzell,

Attorney at law,

Student Union worked out a compromise deal. the Union is pay-

result, ing the Platters

40 per cent of what was

charged .

HASH (1.

Just prior to press time on Wédnesday afternoon,

at 40 thousand. .

Favorable ice condite ions with plenty of open water,bebmeen land and the ice pack. has allowed rel—-

atively easymanoevering for

small vesselsflnostly fish- ennen's longliners.

The International hunt involving larger ocean-

. going ships opens on the front north. of Newfoundland

on Friday.

Spotter planes were expected to be in the pair today and tom orrow to find the main" seal con—- centration.

the Union

NEWS

the

Asa

less than

L-

Canada World Youth page 2

wen, p 1c, an

people have joined. Future plans of the So-

ciety include the study of

local history, folklore ,

folk music, Irish recipes,

in just one week, over 100

result arrive their performance. the students growing increasingly inpatient, the band finally hit the stage well after 11

‘ o'clod<'at night. Even .

etc.; collection of archiv— the“ they Were far from

es and museum items, as

well as cemetery studies and the continuation of

annual exhib' itions at var-

ious locations throughout the Island.

14,000 SEALS SHOT

their usual best and unrest amongst those who paid admissicn quickly became evident.

While the group was

our student union almg with social committee diairman Debbie MacMurdo were meeting in the S.U. offices trying to work out a compromise. 'Ihe band cautinued to play, although they did take a

me" Fisheries Wt break and another pause spokesman says the main herd for equipment.

appears to be farther North than earlier ant—

As the evening wore on the situation became

icipated and ice is believed worse and our executive

North of the spotted

islands.

was at work getting student opinions as to what should be dme.

'me end result was that

HIGHEST

The Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commis- sion. an advisory body to the Maritime Council of Premiers, announced in a report Wednesday that some of its past policies

IN'

education in the region.

The Commission has been

requiring institutions to fund all new programs

through increased enrolment

revenue . Increases in

are having a deteriorating operating assistance to

' Views

‘VIEWS

Over a million Quit- ters can’t be wrong . . .Joln the Major- ity - page l2 & l3

_ effect on the 0f _ universities in the region

S PORTS

page 9

playing, the executive of I

" Sports

J.T. & JOCK TALK GO TO NEW YORK -

to terms with the

entertainers. At that point our Student Union retained professional A

, ,3 7- = -.

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THE PLATTERS APPEAR AT PIG IV’ WHISTLE .

executive are not letting

the matter“ go by unnoticed . \and are taking the

appropriate action to legaladvice. The details clarify the Hatter,

TUIT'IO

have been the lowest in Canada for the past mo years.

This helps to widen an already existing disparity with other provinces. The report also states that Maritime universities a].—

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V Shor‘is

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CAN‘ADA

ready have the highest tuition fees in Canada.

‘Ihese universities, there- fore, are restricted from

improving their financial well—being through further

increases .

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