— Coquitiam ecarmnpSUS , officially opened — Dr. Henry Esson Young once rsaid, ‘‘How I wish I could sit on a cloud and see how things work out.”’ Those words were recalled by his daughter, Mrs. Heele, as she received a pin from digni- taries of Douglas College as guest of honor during a lunch- eon at the official opening of the new ‘‘Dr. Henry Esson Young _ Education Building’’ in Coquit- lam on Friday afternoon. — Speaking of her father, who died in 1939 at the age of 77, Mrs. Heele described him as “‘A vigorous personality’’ and a man who had great charm, “especially with the women.” The proceedings started with an informal gathering in the lounge of the Coquitlam campus . revenues of the province are not and moved onto the official plaque unveilirg outside the main entrance. Before leaving the lounge, the Principal George Wooton intro- duced and thanked those in attendance and declared, ‘‘This is the first cocktail party without alcohol I’ve ever been to.”’ Representing the govern- ment, in the absence of Educa- tion Minister Pat McGeer, were his Deputy Minister Walter Hardwick, Associate Deputy Minister Andy Soles and Health Minister Bob McClelland. John Sutherland, College Council chairman, in introdu- cing Bob McClelland, said he believed it was the co-operation between departments that made all this possible. Before unveiling the plaque, Bob McClelland stated that ‘‘education and health can’t operate in isolation..we need to advance in the methods of delivery to people (in the ser- vices they need).”’ ‘tanxious to see a pioneer (such’ as Dr. Young) rewarded ir this way.” Walter Hardwick said Dr. Young made ‘‘a creative differ- ence’’ in every field he was involved in, and that he made ‘‘marked and creative changes in our world.”’ He said Dr. Young played a vital role ‘‘in the health and education systems of this pro- vince.”’ In interviews following the ceremony, both Walter Hard- ‘wick and Dr. Wootton spoke of the further financial status of education in B.C. "Hardwick said, ‘‘college councils have been informed as to what the situation is. The _as much as had been thought... and colleges should budget accordingly’’. He said, ‘‘colleges have to set priorities...now.’’ Colleges have to know ‘‘what is needed in the community.” Dr. Wootton outlined Douglas College’s four education areas-- the transfer program, career program, vocational program - and community education. “There may be reduction in courses’, said Wootton, “‘and the vocational program has al- ready suffered.’’ ” Wootton said, ‘‘We’ll just have to prime a bit here, prime a bit there, apd bleed.’’ Also attending the ceremony were college council members, faculty and staff, local MP Stu Leggatt, MLA’s George Kerster and George Mussallum, Mayor Gil Blair of Richmond, Mayor Dan Sharope of Pitt Meadows, Ian Manning, executive director of Riverview, and members of the Student Council. 1977 Registration Farce Over _- * + McClelland also said he was CATHERINE SMAILES Whoa there. Just because you completed registration in five minutes last year, did you really believe you could do a Roger Bannister this year? The first hurdle upon arriving at New Westminster Campus was to find registration. All that the signs said was Info. Nary a word about registration. But on rounding the.corner of a building there was a sight to delight the cockles of every beaurocrats’ heart. A line up. : The girl at the second desk inside the door looked lonely so 1. skipped the first line up and was promptly docked $15.58 for an outstanding library book. Pay up or you go no further. Then it was back one station for queue jumping, and start again. Collect a few blue cards and sprint across the garden to the second building. This was obvi- _ ously designed so that all those 'who realised, at this stage, the futility and errors of their ways, could cut loose and run. Met by a weary official who agreed a certified cheque was a certified cheque, but that the last one he looked at was signed b the girls father. : Hand over blue cards, hand over money, total time: 45 minutes. That was thursday when 1300 students went through. My spies tell me it was very quiet on Friday. Time for jaded instruc- tors to sip cinnamon tea, tell rude jokes of which they had forgotten the punch line and lay the paper towelling to catch the tears of saturdays hopefuls. The poor suckers who were greeted with*‘courses full,courses full! Officially, Jerry Dellamatia, in charge of the Douglas College Admissions department, said, **3,800- students registered in four days. There were a few hectic periods but no serious holdups. It worked better than Sept. when many students pre- registered; and because of pre- requisites in some courses got into the wrong courses and caused havoc for the administra- tion’. Just one thing. Would some-one please kick the com- puter next time they go past it. I returned my library book the next day but I’m still waiting — for my $15.58. For the second time in less than a week, the Student Coun- cil conducted a non-meeting in the student lounge on New Westminster campus. — Two of the eight Council members turned out to last Friday’s meeting, attended only , by Vice-chairman Jamie Croil \jand Coquitlam campus repre- sentative Leonora Grande. Leonora Grande said the other Council members were ‘‘not even representing stu- dents, which they’re supposed to be doing. They’re not even showing up for meetings.”’ Surrey campus representative Blake Murray is attending the Association of Canadian Com- munity Colleges conference in Ottawa, and his co-representa- tive from Surrey campus, Nancy Champagne, was known to be = busy, but the four other mem- ~ bers could not be accounted for. ‘*We have people who are putting in time and people who ‘Student Council missing -presumed dead? are not putting in time,’’ Croil complained. Grande added that ‘‘when people run for office, they Should consider their respons- ibility.”’ Croil said that he would like to see Ray Harris, intramurals co-ordinator and Croil’s oppo- nent in the October elections, take part in running the Student Council. Former Student Council chairman Grant Dahling attend- Elections unconstitutional? Acting Student Council - ichairman Eric Gilstead has decided to go ahead with the Sept. 29 Student Council elect- ions despite the fact they may be unconstitutional. Gilstead said he decided to g° ahead with the elections on the advice of the Student Society lawyer Leo McGrady, but said McGrady would look into the situation when he returns from Kitimat the first week in Octob- of. The offices open to election chairman, vice-chairman, and two mgr from each campus - were defined in an ammend- ment to a Student Council constitution by-law that was passed at what might have been an unconstitutional meeting. The Sept. 7 annual meeting, held in the cafeteria on New Westminster campus, was not organized in the procedure out- lined in the Student Society 2onstitution, and ammendments to the constitution and its by- laws passed at the meeting may be declared invalid. The original by-law defines ‘the governing bodies of the Student Society as the Student Council, comprised of a chair- man, a vice-chairman, and the ~ chairman of each of the campus councils, which are in turn comprised of a vice-chairman and other members-at-large. The Student Society constit- ution states that ammendments to the consitution and its bylaws: may be made at ‘‘any general meeting of the Society’’, but the Sept. 7 meeting was not within the constitutional definition of a “‘general meeting”’. __ Two kinds of general meet- ings are defined in the constit- ution. The ‘‘annual meeting’’ must be held in October and given two weeks clear notice in advance. Carol Grout, New - ~ Westminster council chairwom- an, said last Wednesday that notice of the Sept. 7 meeting was given less than a week in advance. ‘‘Special general meetings’’ must be called either upon the request of the Student Council or upon the request of 100 Student Society members, and must also be given two weeks clear notice in advance. Jim Anderson, the Student Council adviser and Financial Awards Officer for Douglas College, said last Wednesday the only alternative facing Stud- ent Council, if the elections are held and later declared null and void, would be to re-conduct elections once the Student - Council positions are constitut- ionally ratified. Ayword betdiszsinU Yo zis¥ yinowT—zeend r9csO oni BLT E r9dm9Iqo2 Van Nus Nixed TERRY GLAVIN Roland Van Nus, Chairman of Surrey Campus Student council, was impeached by unanimous consent of the Douglas College Student Society on Sunday Feb- ruary 1. According to Student Society Chairman Grant Dahling, Nus “didn’t show a responsible com- mitment to his duties as Surrey chairman.”’ In response to the charges that he hadn’t done anything, Nus stated. ‘‘I don’t think there is anything that can be done.” “‘Most of what happens here at the college happens in back rooms.” a Nus was disillusioned by the ‘whole. philosophy behind stu- dent politics at Douglas. Interim Student Council chairman Eric Gilstead In a telephone interview, he claimed that ‘‘unless you get the whole student body behind you with some specific demands, it’s a waste of time’’. Sone of the charges against Van Nus include — Failing to show up for 3 meetings in a row. — Failing to run elections. —Cancelling elections in pro- gress. — Not co-ordinating activities for students. In response to the charges, Roland claimed that he sat on seven committees, held a jazz concert, and didn’t ‘‘squander the students money’’. “I didn’t rip anybody off’’ he said. ‘‘I didn’t do anything like that’’. Pat Johnson photo 59