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. . Cutback shafting students ' In an effort to curb a staggering $1.2 million deficit University of Waterloo administrators are giving their students the shaft. g _ _-. _ _ .. Page 4 - Waterloo Chronicle. Wednesday, January 15, 1975 While cutbacks are definately justified by the enormous projected deficit, UW officials have proposed a series of slashes that would severely cripple student life. For openers one money sav- ing suggestion is to cut late hours at the uni- versity's library. While the omission of midnight to 8 a.m. hours may not seem vital to most a stu- dent will be severely hampered in his ability to meet assignments or use reference materials. with very little time if the library hours are chopped. According to a report by the library last year UW already is allocating less than adequate funds for its library. Library expenses for the last academic year placed UW next to last, among Canada's 19 universities on a per capita basis. Many sfudents work part-time while "attending day and/or evening courses. Add a couple of hours to a full-day of classes and a student is left Other proposed cutbacks will dramatically affect undergraduate career counselling; place unbelievable pressure on existing student health services on campus; and force increased student- teacher ratios. It would be difficult to defend proposals the likes of these. While education is by far and away the greatest tax grabber in this province it is also the number one priority. Educational ceilings are not new--they've been around for a few years-but cutbacks of this nature are noth, ing short of appalling. A _ (A _ - -.. . With an enormous deficit certainly something must be done. According to UW president Burt Mathews the university will be forced to cut up to $2 million from its annual expenditures in or- der to avoid huge losses after the 1975-76 operat- ing year. Cutbacks are obviously unavoidable if the university is to survive financially. But the administration had better look at other areas if they wish to avoid the crisis. Shafting the students will only produce greater repercussions. l I O t O One must Jtave sympathy for the Canadian housewife as she struggles with continuing in- flation. . Yet it must be remembered always that she is one of the more fortunate victims of this economic malaise that affects the whole world. Because she and her family can eat. There are too many others who don't eat regularly, and hundreds of thousands, possibly millions. who have gone hungry and died dur- ing the past 12 months. Photographs taken in the West African country of Mali recently show orice-proud nomads scratching in the dust for grain after an air-drop. In the African region below the Sahara, known as the Sahel, drought has gripped entire nations. In Ethiopia, the worst drought in a century is said to have killed 250,000 people. A They who hun-ger are the true victims of in- nation. for the aid they seek is slow in coming. Yet their need today is greater than it ever was. Sky rocketing oil prices have hurt the poor of the world more 'than they have hurt us. Canadians, in assessing the impact of inflation on their lives, also should remember the hun- gry. For they are in the midst of a disaster that was not of their own making. \Viewpcint The dust is gathering on the recent municipal election results. The pounds have gathered on many of us during the festive season. And, like everyone else, the re-elected and the newly-elected trustees of the Waterloo County Board of Education started to work last week. Hopefully. the results will prove to be the best ones for the education system and the added pounds will provide the needed energy for the time-consuming and vitality-sawing tasks ahead of the trustees. _ _ Residents of Waterloo can feel doubly proud that Doreen Thomas was acclaimed chairman at the Inaugural meet- ing. She is the first woman to gain that lofty (and heavy) position on the amalgamated board and she is also its first chairman from this city. Doreen has excellent credentials. having served on most of the board's committees: she has a well-deserved reputation for hard work; and the ability to lead. They are important qualities, especially in these times of philosophical and economic uncertainty, as the board grapples with the problems of coordinating and equal- izing 17 different municipalities' educational facilities' and services. Tuesday night's meeting was primarily concerned with the. legalities of swearing in the trustees; electing a chairman and vice-chairman ( Rev., Harry Janke, Kitchener); and setting up the schedules of the 20 trustees. Inaugural meet- ings are exciting events for the participants. Certainly they bring us face-to-face with our responsibilities - and with a number of interested observers. We also have the opportuni- ty to meet the officials who carry out the policies we set, who advise-and, yes, influence us in our decision-making. . . 1lilil '7 LI' LN Ll C"r1C2 tiiiiRi'it I; 7' = y , If, 'v 9 , ‘ CU' _ h' ‘ ' gf)li jllitgii) a FE) 'l . 's .‘ iw, l ' gr ‘2 fd Il), r-carl fl rs I l . I , I h Bl r' , - ' 1m I ' Fe , ' l 'N it" iliiilglllll 'll bl 'ill , Si; d' ililllili-li;-!-ir!i-ii-r=i- CL' , ' th"i"Eltt 'lllh 'llAl ' ref'" a ' ’ J2ttllS, Cl l P ___,---.---------.---.-------------- Yesterday revisited The stories of the'towns and villages that had thrived in our county through early years. but have now disappear- ed. intrigue many people. -- A» Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd, 225 Fairway Rd.. Kit- chener. Ontario, Address correspondence to Waterloo Square, Waterloo. Ont. Telephone 744-6364. 1veve'toid ydu- ofLittle Paradise. the name given to In Canada: one year $8: in United States and Foreign countries: one year $l0 Preparing for the long term , waterlloq . . chronicle SUBSCRIPTION RATES Editor: Don McCurdy ESTABLISHED I854 ACHiLLES' HEEL The evening was not without amusement. Two of us had been defeated in 1972: I found myself musing on the word “new" as applied to seven "new trustees". Two of us are slightly shop-worn. I still wonder if there is an appropriate term for a non-new. but not really used trustee. We met again Thursday evening, in caucus. This provid- ed an opportunity to informally discuss the committee struc- ture of the board, to listen to the previous committee chair- men describe their committees and purposes, and to indi- ca te our preferences for committee assignment. This board has two standing committees: The Advisory Committee on schools for Trainable Retarded children and the French Advisory Committee. Both are mandatory un- der the Education Act and have members from the public as well as trustees. _ All other committees are called ad hoc and their titles de- scribe their functions, in most cases. These include Sal- ary Negotiations, Academic; Salary Negotiations, Non- academic: Building and sites; Transportation; Committee Studying Administrative Structure; 'Joint Committee on conditions of work for Quality Education; Purposes of Pub- lic Education. The committees are vital and interesting. but on paper they do look dry. In later columns I plan to write about problems of educa- tion in Waterloo County; problems facing students and parents and school services available; thumb-nail sketches of fictitious difficulties and possible school and/or Commun- ity agencies. If you have a column suggestion or face a frustrating situation which you think should be discussed in a column, please write me c/o the Chronicle. the area of the Doon Pioneer Tower where some of the original Sherk family settled and of the thriving village known as Black Horse Corners located between New Dun- dee and Roseville. where nothing is left to prove that an inn and tavern: a saw mill: black smith shop: general store and woollen mill were located there. Two villages, both located in Wilmot Township. can be added to that list of forgotten towns. Holland Mills was located on the Nith River between New Hamburg and Haysville. The village had a flour mill: woollen mill and was reported to be about the same size as New Hamburg at one time. At one point in history there was telegraph service between Holland Mills and New Hamburg. The other forgotten town is Wilby. It was located near Wilmot Centre north of Erbs Road. Wilby boasted a brickyard, sawmill. cheese factory, a black smith shop: hotel and some houses, But all the evidence of those buildings and the life of the village are gone now and the only reminder is a village plan which can still be seen at the Registry Office in the Shantz Survey records. The reason for the decline and eventual disappearance of many towns and villages years ago derived from a lack of need (economically; for their existence. However in at least one case, fire was the final arbitor. Mr. Mayor is the author of WotoIIoo County Diary and This Unique Heritage. By Lynne Woodstencroft Trustee, Waterloo County Board of Education By Bill Moyer