two campuses. *‘ That December, the Board of Governors decided that the l\Ialpeque campus, already well—developed and, at 129 acres, better-suited for further expansion, should be the university‘s single home in future years.“ It was an entirely sensible decision. But iso— lating the university on one campus on what, in 1969, was the edge of Charlottetown, ensured that it would never be as closely bound to the new technical college as had been originally intended."4 And it ensured that some Islanders would never be convinced that there had ever been a place at the new university for Prince ofVVales Col— lege.

UPEI’s first term ended with students scribbling out their an— swers on old St. Dunstans and Prince ofWales exam booklets. The transition to a new university was still far from complete, and not all hearts and minds had been won over. Rumours swirled about every conceivable facet of university operations. 77.76 CHHITL’ reported that UPEI might be phased out in the next five or ten years.“ The music department feared that it was to be — no pun intended — disband— ed.“ But, on the whole, people were surprised and delighted about how well things were going. The university had opened on time, run a full slate ofcourses, started up its Senate, Board ofGovernors,

Faculty Association, and Student Union — and all with very little

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that Summerside was wooing l lolland College, in part hecatise the town \v. s in some danger ot‘los’ingr its Canadian Forces Base. \\'hen the Canadian goveriment announced in December that the base would remain in Sumnierside, the C. mpheil government announced that l lolland College would stay in Charlottetown. ’lhe tact that the college could take over the old l’rince oli\\'ales campus 4 that the site would not lay empty —--- made it more acceptable for lll’l‘il to move oflit ie downtown site.

7.; Baker still hoped that the university and college would share a great array ()5 lacilities, including student housing, athletic facilities, tiiod services, purch;sing, counseling services, library processing, personnel othce, bookstore, audiovis ial facilities, security services, and so on. See Baker tovlohn Smith, December I. toot). President's Correspondence, folder ;, l’l‘il Collection.

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‘(i Baker to David Carr, December IO, lt)()t), President's Ctirrespiindencc, tiildc‘ 3, PH Collection.

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