acrimony. "I know of no case," Ronald Baker said happily, “where two institutions have merged so successfully and so peacefully.""

l’erbaps this was because Prince Edward Islanders had never spoken openly about their society's religious divide, so when the two schools were forced together, they did not speak about it then either. Or perhaps it was because people had come to believe that in a uni— versity environment, religious differences shouldn’t matter so much.

Perhaps they shouldn’t matter anywhere in a modern, 1970s society.

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In early 1970, a newspaper editor spoke wonderingly of “the obvi— ous accord prevailing at the University of PEI between the student body and the administration. No battles are being fought on issues weighty or otherwise... [S]uch an aura of‘peacef‘ulness hangs over the institution that it draws attention by comparison to other col— leges elsewhere." By the end of February, 77.78 Cad/1’ was reprinting this article for its ironic value, with the headline, “Nothing Like Hindsight.“ UPEI had escaped homegrown religious discord, only to be hit with a dose ofimported student unrest.

As is so often the case, the issue was money. In their final year, the two old universities had had no incentive to raise fees, and for its first year, the new university was not about to. UPEl's tuition of$450 — that’s per year, not per course — was the lowest in the l\'laritimes. Just a month into the academic year, the Board ofGovernors voted to raise tuition and residence fees by stoo each the following year: UPl‘ZI simply needed more money. Students were irate. \Vhereas the Campbell government had brought in the new university swiftly, it was dithering on another component of its higher—education plat- form, a student aid program of bursaries and scholarships.“

Dissatisfied with their meetings with the Board and admin- istration, the students launched a week of protest on lanuary 27.

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