. You. may have’ Bob Rennie
pegged as merely a mathem-
atical genius, but this
November you will have a
chance to look again. Bob
has been painting for
years— since about 1964
when he was working on his
PhD to be more exact — and
this fall he is having a
showing of his work at the
North Van. Civic Centre.
Although he started work-
ing in oils, Bob has been
using watercolours pretty
well exclusively for the
last two years, and_ the
exhibit will consist of
about 30 watercolours of
marine and rural scenes in
B.C. Bob's paintings have
also been shown in juried L

shows at the Federation of Canadian Art-
ists' Gallery in Vancouver, received a-

wards at the FCA Saltspring Island work-
shops, exhibited frequently at the Rem-

brandt Gallery and are currently the sub-

Principal addresses conference

Some 400 people including Ministers of Ed-
ucation, ministry officials, faculty, ad-
ministrators, students, and representa -
tives of labour and industry listened to
Paul Gallagher on October 20. Why? He was
the keynote speaker at the Council of Min-
isters of Education Canada's Conference on
Post-Secondary Education Issues for the
80's. The conference, which was’ held in
Toronto, focussed on four major topics —
Accessibility to Post-Secondary Education
and Training, Post-Secondary Education and
Working Life, Governance, and Finance and
Redeployemtn of Resources. Gallagher's

speech was on the Access to and Content of
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ject of representation negotiations with a
major downtown ‘gallery. The Civic Centre
show opens November 10 at 7:30 pm and con-
tinues until Dec. 8. The gallery (at 141

W. 14th) is open weekdays from 8:30-4:30.

Donors thanked for. bursary $$s

A very successful reception took place the

evening of Tuesday, October 26 in the new
lounge in H building, and it's well it

went successfully for the occasion was in
honour of the people and organizations

that donate money to the college for stu-
dent bursaries and scholarships. In a

small stroke of genius, the lounge was
decorated with paintings and sculptures by

students and instructors in the Art de-
partment. Of course there was also wine

and food on hand and speeches by Paul
Gallagher and Financial Aid Officer Connie

Gibbs. Everyone present was reminded that
even very small donations of a few hundred

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