UW will use its own taped lecture system in connecâ€" tion with the course. The university pioneered corâ€" respondence via taped lecâ€" tures in Ontario. The sysâ€" tem has proved so popular that an initial four courses, seven years ago, have grown to 150 during the forthcomâ€" ing academic year. Waterloo is offering the course on a correspondence basis. It will be supplementâ€" ed through TV Ontario which will be running the Sir Kenâ€" neth â€" Clark â€" ‘"Civilization‘" series every â€" Wednesday evening at 10:45 p.m., beâ€" ginning Nov. 3. and again every Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., beginning Nov. 7. The series has run preâ€" viously on Channel 19, To ronto: if has also run on the CBC, on educational television in the United States, and on a number of other TV outlets. It is often available in film "through public libraries; many uniâ€" versities including Waterâ€" loo use it, or parts of it, to supplement a variety of courses. *‘We expect more than 4,000 correspondence stuâ€" Page 24 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, Augsut 25, 1976 The Ontario government‘s TV network and one of the province‘s major univerâ€" sities, the University of Waterioo, will join forces this fall to present a first year general interest hisâ€" tory course entitled ‘"The Meaning of Civilization."‘ UW offers course on ‘‘The series offers Sir Kenneth‘s personal assessâ€" ment of the history of westâ€" ern culture," says Dr. Joâ€" hannesen. "As such it is exâ€" tremely valuable to stuâ€" dents of history, or of art or possibly of a number of other subjects. Of course we must leave it to the stuâ€" dents themselves to put all this informatiqn from these various sources together in their minds." Ontario students can supâ€" plement the lectures by simply watching the proâ€" grams. Those outside the province or not served by the provincial network can get by. Dr. Johannesen feels, without FV because the information contained in the series has already been put out in book form. â€" dents from all over ‘Canâ€" ada," says Dr. Jim Leslie, UW physicist director of the correspom'ncgr‘ gram. "We‘ll be producing more than 100,000 cassettes for them .‘ # The university sends out sets of cassettes containâ€" ing the taped lectures. For the "Meaning of Civilizaâ€" tion‘‘ course these have been prepared by Dr. Stan Johannesen, historian. The students will also receive sets of lecture notes, textâ€" books. and supplementary study materials. The TV series thus represents a further supplement. ‘‘This is the first time we have tied a correspondence thoroughly enjoyed maki course in with TV Ontario the tapes though he fou in this manner," says Dr. it a ‘"bit unnerving‘‘ to ha Leslie. to lecture away in his 0 Dr. Johannesen says he office without an audience Betty Anne Sager, the instructor of an arts and crafts program last week at Sandowne school, helped some of the 25 participants to string beads on wind chimes. Arts and crafts is one of many programs that will be offered this fall by the community services department. z thoroughly enjoyed making the tapes though he found it a "bit unnerving"" to have to lecture away in his own. PICTURE FRAMING 91 KING ST. H., WATERLOO PHONE 886â€"2430 FRAME UP