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The NFCUS Ontario Region- Council m embers giving them anal Conference will be held here excellent opportunity to meetduring January, 1963. NFCUS representatives.University of Waterloo Macintosh also revealed thatNFCUS Chairman, Doug Mac- the U of W NFCUS peopleIntosh, said this week that this would prepare two mandates forUniversity will be host to a the National Office. One of thesegood number of leaders from will study the problems confront-NFCUS affi liated campuses ac- ing students in a particular area:ross Ontario. the Middle East and Africa.It will give us an excellentopportunity to meet these peopleand get some understanding ofwhat NFCUS means. Also, wewill be able to show these cam-pu s leaders what Waterloo islike, he said.Accommodations are beingsought for the weekend of theconference, though it is expectedthat some will be billeted with

The second mandate will lookinto the question of judicial sys-tems used in Colleges and Uni-versities across Cana da. Mac-Intosh suggested this would b einvaluable to this and other cam-puses. Because, he said, wedont have any teeth (in ourjudicial system) and to carry theanology further, we have nogums.

C.U.P. CONGRESS NEWSFEE INCREASES lotOTTAWA (CUP) - The 26th Congress of the National Federa-tion of Canadian University students meeting at the University ofSherbrooke, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, has made last years voluntaryfee increase mandatory.Last year each member university was asked to pay to theNational Office an addition al fee of 10 cents per student.The report of the standing finance committee shows a balancedbudget of $67,185.The per capita levy will bring in $54,155. Remainder of theincome will come from insurance commissions, associate member-ships, the Congress and miscellaneous sources.QUEENS GRAD NFCUS CHAIRMANOTTAWA (CUP) - The immed iate past president of Queensuniversity council has been elected president of the National Feder-ation of Canadian University Students at the NFCUS Congress inSherbrooke, Quebec.Stewart Goodings, a 20-year-old history graduate fromQueens defeated Michel Gouault, a graduate student from thej University of Montreal in the race for the presidency.Dave Jenkins, a third year law student from the University ofAlberta at Edmonton, was elected national NFCUS president forthe 1963-64 term.A change in the presidential term by the Congress made theelection of two presidents necessary. The presidents term of officeis now from June to June of the following year. Goodings willserve from this October until June 1963. Jenkins will then takeover until the following June.Jenkins was the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, TheGateway, during the 1961-62 year. During the same year he servedas western regional president of Canadian University Press.The Congress elected the following executive members:National Vice-President, Manon Turbide, a law student at Mon-treals McGill University. International Affairs Vice-President,Michael Meighen, a law student from Laval; Atlantic regional pres-ident, Fred Arsenault, St. Josephs University; Quebec regionalpresident, Rona ld Sabourin, University of Montreal; Ontario re-gional president, John Tuttlebee, University of Toronto and West-ern regional president, Mary-Lee Magee, University of B.C.NEW LITERARY MAGAZINE 1OTTAWA (CUP) - The University of B.C. has been given a man-date by the 26th Congress of the National Federation of CanadianUniversity Students to produce a national magazine.The Congress, meeting at the University of Sherbrooke, inSherbrooke, Quebec, accepted a UBC bid for the magazine afterthree days of discussion on the topic. UBC will assume all finan-cial responsibility in its publication.The publication will contain literary articles and articles ofthought and opinion from Canadian university students. It will bea maximum of 100 pages and 10,000 copies w ill be produced.Editorial and advertising policy will be dictated by the Feder-ation while UBC wil l handle screening of material and technicalproduction.A special French-language contributing editor will be appoint-ed by the Federation to screen and grade th e French-languagecontributions. Local NFCUS committees will handle the collectionof contributions on the individua l campuses and the distribution ofthe printed magazine.The first edition is expected in February or early March. Itwill be sold to students but the final price has not yet been estab-l ished. It will not be more than 25 cents per copy, a mem ber o fth e UBC delegation said.

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bove is a sample of the excellent floats that have appeared in the1st homecoming parades. Over a dozen floats have been enteredtd the competition is expected to be quite sharp between the differ1It faculties on campus.WA WA, WEEVAterloo WArriors WEE kend , . ,

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Our big weekend, WA WA WEE, gets underway Fridayztober 12, with a record hop at Seagram Gymnasium. ScottJ3meron, celebrated Toronto disc jockey, wi ll be spinning theatters, all the latest cuts and old standards. Admission is a smalLlf dollar and dancing is from 9 to 12:30 a.m. As an added featuree Warriors will be introduced as part of a huge pep rally plann ec1 the cheerleaders.

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At 9 p.m. Saturday morning, the annual float parade leave:e stadium parking lot and will follow a route which includes thtBwntown areas of the Twin Cities. Watch next weeks paper foiL accurate map of the parade route. The parade itself is shaping uIthe best on record with more than a dozen huge gaily colourecbats each vying for the coveted trophy and the $25.00 first prizere floats arrive back at the stadium at approximately 12 noonaving just time enough for a bite of lunch before the big game.At 2 p.m. the Warriors clash with the University of Ottaw;ee Gees in the first encounter between these two clubs. Half timeill see the presentation of the trophy and prize for the best floatllowed by a marching band with baton twirling demonstrations.The WA WA WEE committee is running a tight schedulert they feel that there w ill be enough time after the game to changepreparation for the evening program. Saturdays dance looks likereal winner, with the fabulous Jimmy Begg orchestra giving ouith the sweetest music this side of Laurel Creek.Admission is $1.50 per couple for advance sales, and $2.0(: the door. We urge you to get your tickets early because the num:r has to be limited. Tickets will be on sale outside the Physicommon Room during October lOth., 1 lth., and 12th. Dancing iom 9 till 12 at the gym. Refreshments are free.WA WA WEE comes but once a year and its your weekenc1 howl so help build the floats, cheer at the game, have a ball ale dances. Help to make this years WA WA WEE the best ever.

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Iyerson Institute Becomes ,JFCUS 40th Member!IERBROOKE (CUP) - Torontos Ryerson Institute of TechIlogy became the 40th member of the National Federation oSIncCNT I0an&an University Students this week. A unanimous vote of theFCUS National Congress approved membership for the firsethnical Institution. Earlier in the morning Victoria College/ictoria, B.C.) became the 39th member.Ryerson had been a trial member since the 196 1 CongresKingston, and had taken an active part in the Federation:tivities since then. However, approval came only after three houri discussion, centering around the suitability of admitting nonniversity institutions.

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The Congress also approved membership for other nonliversity institutes of higher learn ing. This proposal, by Queenniversity, says that any institution of more than 100 students wit1course leading to a degree or diploma at least two years afte:urior Matriculation should be admitted to the Federation, proded the character of the institution is compatible with the ideal;i NFCUS. This follows an almost universal European trend.

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1MEREDITH - IThe follo wing is the text of the telegram sent to JamesH. Meredith, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi,by the students council of this University:WE, THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OFWATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA, PLEDGE OURSOLIDARITY AND AFFIRM OUR MORAL SUPPORTTO YOU IN YQUR STRUGGLE AGAINST RACIALDISCRIMINATION. UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOOSTUDENTS COUNCIL

Money DirectedTo Campus Centre

The Students Council thisweek pledged $30,000 to theUniversity of Waterloo Expan-sion Fund.This money has been set asidefor the proposed Student CampusSlentre and had been accumu-lated from an additiona l $10levy on tuition fees from theundergraduate students.The levy which has been inoperation for three years wasdiscontinued this year when thecentre was included in the over-all plans of University expan-sion.The pledge will include a stip-ulation to the effect that themoney be used towards the con-struction of the centre. The costof the proposed Campus Centreis over $l,OOO,OOO.The council members wereunanimous in their decisionwhen the idea was directed totheir attention by G. L. Goldie,the Campaign Director. Mr.Goldie suggested that this was agood way to bring the attentionof the public the vital interestthat Waterloo students and al-umni have in their campus andits future.The interest on the $30,000,now totalling over $1,400, willbe used to prepare and paintoffice space for the StudentsCouncil and other related organ-izations in Annex 1. The of-fices should be in operation bythe end of October.

News BriefsA French and Spanish Clubhas been organised here. J. C.Houlden, the new president, saidthat five or six meetings will beheld this academic year. Eachmeeting will consist of either afilm, a speaker, or readings fol-lowed by social conversation inFrench. The first meeting at the

end of this month is expected tobe a film. Interested students arewelcome, French-speaking stu-dents are urged to attend.* * *

Students at St. Jeromes Col-lege will have the benefit of an-other library. Located in the St.Jeromes Buildings, it will openOctober 17th with the arrival ofthe new librarian, Mrs. H. Pick-,arski. The library consists ofneraly five thousand books fromResurrection College (the formerSt. Jeromes College). Thesebooks will supplement thecourses given at the College.* * *

On September 30th. the fjrstin a series of films were shownon the campus. The film societypresented: Exit Smilin g, Behindthe Screen, and Go Slow on theBrighton Line.This seasons films have beenchosen from the best internation-al movies by the committee un-der Mr. A. M . MacQuarrie.This society, formed to provideinexpensive cultural entertain-ment for students, still has anumber of season tickets avail-able in the Arts Bu ilding (Room333).

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Sid Black, Ed Castonguay, Richard Comber, Ted Rushton, Sandr;Sanders, John Stirrat, Bob Sexto n, Mike Topolay and GeorgeWelsh.Publi shed by the Undergraduate student body of the University of Waterlooand iti mated Colleges under the authorization of the Board of Tublications. Letters should be addressed to the Editor, University of WaterlooThe opinions expressed herein represent the freedom of expression of iresponsible, autonomous society./ Member: Canadian Universi ty Press

Campus QueryHOW CAN THE REGISTRATION PROCEDUREBE IMPROVED?Freshm an registration at the Unive rsity can be improved irvar ious ways and subject to cer ta in condit ions. I would suggeslthe following for consideration: 1A c ontinuance on the part of the Registrar and his staff tclook for improvement at a ll t imes, regardless of how eff icient theymay th ink they are in any g iven year . This is basic to any programof improvement. Therapy can only begin when the patient recognizes he has a, problem. . . ! Ser iously, I bel ieve credit must btgiven to the Administration sta ff for their willingness to experi