Broadeast on Radio Station CHQM at
noon Wednesday July 17, 1968 and at
8:00 a.m. on Thursday July 18, 1968. The

programme was sponsored by Block Bros.
Realty Ltd., as a public service and who
granted us permission to re-print the
editorial in 1978.

The news that one hundred applications
are already being processed for
enrollment in Capilano College has a
special meaning in this community.

Some may think the number is not large.
It wasn't expected to be at this stage.
Enrollment is not supposed to start until
August.

The North Shore's experiment with "do it
yourself" higher education has been
ereated out of little more than the faith
and dedication of ordinary citizens and
teachers - responding to a clear need
that would not otherwise be met.

By opening date in September,
applications are expected to be
substantially greater. There is the
likelihood, in the circumstances, of a
good, healthy start..

The classes will be held in West
Vaneouver Secondary School _ after
regular school hours. This measures the
determination of North Shore
municipalities to start their college in
spite of financial stringencies claimed by
the Provincial government who, at the
start, turned their back on the need.

These days, the media are full of advice
to young people. They are told they
must have a good education to fit into
the modern world. Yet many on the
North Shore, who have graduated from
high school, simply couldn't afford
expensive university training.

North Shore citizens didn't throw up
their hands. They were determined that
young people would not be left out, and
that higher education today cannot
remain the sole preserve of those whose
parents ean afford university costs.

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PERSPECTIVE

Otherwise, the drive to upgrade
Canadian education would become a
pious, but meaningless exercise. This
was the crux of the matter which
generated the action on the North Shore.

The new principal of Capilano College,
Mr. Alfred H. Glenesk, explains policy
will take care both of students who can
later go on to university, and those who
must shape non-academie careers.

Something of great importance is
happening here.

Those impressed only by material
facilities will not see it. But Capilano
College has a built-in asset that no
amount of money can buy.

It is built around a sincere desire for
learning which recognized no obstacle -
the true spirit that imparts and sustains
mature education. When won the hard
way, education never stops growing.

Citizens voted on a plebicite approving
the College last March 7. They obligated
themselves, on average, to a $7 a year
increase in taxes for costs. This has
already moved the Provincial
government to pass an order in Council,
approving the operation of the college.
This suggests a commitment to share in
at least the current operating budget.
College officials explain the budget for
the coming year is not yet completed.

But we think it will be most difficult and
embarrassing for the government to back
off from assuming its proper share of all
the costs of Capilano College from now
on.

We hope this example will give other
communities the courage to follow

Capilano's lead. I