students from oil—Island as on-, and degenerated into name—calling and an linglish professor challenging a student from Ontario to a light.“ And, with that, the revolution was over; if students were to take control ot‘UPEl, it would he through the powers granted them in the charter. As the symbol of existing power, President Ronald Baker had sLIHered considerable abuse during the protests, but was philosophical about it. He assured one well—wisher, “Any new insti- tution generates or re—generates all the hopes that anyone ever had. Everyone becomes a utopian, and the history of utopian com— munities is not a happy one.“ He had failed to mention that in his “University — 2000” speech a year earlier.

lhe rest of‘the term ran more smoothly. Some residual distrust persisted, and by the end of the year a handful of professors had decided to teach elsewhere?1 On the whole, the university was not only working but working to improve. The Board turned the barn over for a Student Union building, and for its renovation gave the students a loan and the $33,000 donated to the university by the St. Dunstan‘s University Student Union. The Senate continued to re- fine the universitys academic structure, implementing two policies whose simplicity obscured the fact that they went to the very heart oriwhat the new university wanted to accomplish. Firstly, the Senate approved a move from full—year courses to a two—semester system, which by doubling the available courses offered greater flexibility to a student's program. (Baker later admitted that this also kept old St. Dunstan's and Prince of Wales faculty from arguing about “owner- ship" of their old courses“) Secondly, the Senate decided that the university would grant general degrees rather than honours degrees.

jhe thinking was that honours degrees called for too much special—

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S; Baker to (iraeme Decarie. January so. info. President's Ciirrespi)ndence, {older 4. l)ll Collection.

5'4 But, as Baker said, "mainly tor Iairl} respectable reasons." Baker to .-\. l, R. Galloway March 16,1970, President‘s L}irrespondent‘e, ‘older ;. l’l‘il Collection,

5'5 Baker intervien with :\ndre\\' Robb. February 1002, PM Collection.

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