STATEMENT IN REPLY TO CITIZKN ARTICLE, OCTOBER 28,

Any

use of drugs l)v students in

h u l l s of

1970

Capiiano

College would be considered a tradgedy for the College.

Faculty,

students and administration d i s c l a i m the kind of p u b l i c statement
r e c e n t l y made i n a North Shore paper.
The College as an i n s t i t u t i o n does not condone t h i s kind of
use of drugs.

The College r e f u t e s the unfounded and

unjustified

reference to Capiiano (>ollege. ^
The College i s as anti-drug conscious as the c i t i z e n r y of
the Community.

The College p r i n c i p a l has no knowledge of such

a c t i v i t y , nor does tlie p o l i c e or West Vancouver School Board.
I f the person who

i s a member of the Parents Annonymous knows

what she i s t a l k i n g about, I am sure she w i l l make the appropriate
j u s t i f i c a t i o n of her statements known to the College P r i n c i p a l .
The c o l l e g e would be conct^rned about any drug problem at
t h e i r own
had

doorstep.

The P o l i c e , too, would he concerned I f they

reason Lo he.
Reporting without evidence of proof and n j){)orly s e l e c t e d

headline can d e l i v e r a l l together
community c o l l e g e .

too damaging a blow to a

The college i s very s u c c e s s f u l .

The

faculty

are e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y involved i n t h e i r I n s t r u c t i o n a l r o l e and
students seem to be b e n e f i t t i n g .

the

lliere appears to be no need

to involve an i n s t i t u t i o n In damaging remarks which cause wrong
i n f e r e n c e s to be drawn.

^

No one at the College appreciates a headline based on such
a r i d i c u l o u s statement as quoted In the (Mtizen.

The recent e d i t o r i a l s t a t i n g there was

a s e r i o u s charge to

be answered by Capiiano College i n the matter of drug users i n
the b u i l d i n g i s a s u r p r i s e .
Serious i s the eorrcna word.

however, " e r r o r " might w e l l

be the second word of the e d i t o r i a l

heading.

No public i n s t i t u t i o n such as Capiiano condones the alleged
use of marijuana i n i t s b u i l d i n g s .
An accusation has to be founded on f a c t to be c r e d i t a b l e and
valid.

Why

spend taxpayers' money on statements made without taking

the troubie and courtesv to meet with the College a u t h o r i t i e s
or without considering the damage to be done by unsubstantiated rumour.
Even the e d i t o r i a l suggests
clean".

that the college " w i l l be found

The same front page space sliould bv given to the headline

"College Tremendous Success."

lAHiat

"responsible c i t i z e n " or

reporter would damage the community's own
b a s i s of a remark that was

i n s t i t u t i o n on the

unrelated t o the

facts.

Capiiano College has already made a stand on the i l l e g a l
use of non-medi cina 1 drugs, and the polic:e of West Vancouver are
f u l l y aware of the cooperation which the College has given on
every matter of c i v i l

concern.