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If you do, you might just see over the crowd," said Mr. Aird, a former member of the Canadian Senate, a distinguished law- yer and an advisor to the Speaking at WLU's fall convocation at the Kitch- ener Memorial Auditorium, Mr. Aird asked: "Why not have the widest of horizons, the highest of hopes and the m o s t far-reaching of dreams? If the attitude is right and the desire to work is there, who is to say what goals cannot be achieved? _ Ontario Funeral Service A ssocialion John Aird. of Toronto. the new chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University._,ad- dresses 420 graduating students at WLU's fall convocation Sunday at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. Peter Barkman, a bachelor of arts graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, receives congratulations dur- ing fall convocation last Sunday from Dr. Neale Tayler. About 420 students graduated. . Although the existence of the Federation of Stu- dents at the University of Waterloo has been threat- ened by last Tuesday's vote to refund activity fees, Rick Smit, newly elected president of the federation remains optimistic. “We've got to make the quality of life at this uni- versity better," said Mr. Smit. Student confidence in the federation must be restored. A year of political upsets triggered by the federa- U W student president remains optimistic about union 's future tion's veto on publiéation of the Chevron, the student newspaper at UW has left the student govern- ment in a shaky position. Mr. Smit said he would like to start a volunteer program to get students participating in federa- tion work. He would like to have an incentive pro- gram where students would receive a T-shirt, a record, a free night at the pub. or whatever else they want for a certain amount of work done, “A program like this "If I have to choose be- tween words and ideas, I will take ideas every time. will in-still cottfidence in the federation, and if it does, individual council mem- bers will recommend that students leave their money in," said Mr. Smit. Mr, Smit said he would also like to start a lottery, Prizes would be academic- related such as a year's free tuition, free books. etc. The federation currently subsidizes various on- campus activities includ- ing a record store, the campus store. the campus pub, a used book store and The words will surely fol- low. It is my observation that educational definitions are too strictly observed. Surely there is always a ctxttttrdertirtzatioet between disciplines." Mr. Aird was sworn in as chancellor by William Tim- mins. chairman of the uni- versity’s board of gover- nors. Mr. Aind succeeds Paul Martin, Canada's high commissioner to Great Britain. Since leaving the Senate in 1974, Mr. Aird has head- ed the Institute for Research on Public Policy, an inde- pendent organization with a mandate to research matters of public policy. Education-related acti- vities have always been important to the new WLU chancellor who lives in To- ronto. He has served as governor of Havergal Col- lege, one of Canada's lead- ing independent schools for girls. He is interested in teaching young people out of his experience as lawyer and business executive. More than 420 students from the university's full and part-time programs re- ceived undergraduate and graduate degrees at the con- vocation. Mr. Smit, the third consecutive interim presi- dent of the federation will be campaigning for re- election in January when the regular presidential term ends. Last year, $13,000 went to the Chevron. Mr, Smit said he would like to see the paper adopt an editorial policy that is more re- flective of student views and interests. an ice cream stand. As well, financial support is given to 25 ethnic groups on cam- pus.