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institution's final year of operation (Mnemosyne: SI. Dunstan: Uri/varsity Yearbook, 1969. UPE/Arr/iives: St. Dunstnnk Universrty — Yenrbooksl

versity‘s first convocation. In the space of just two years, between the springs oftng and 1970, the University ofPrince Edward Island was imagined, established, designed, and actually up and running.

Now, more than zooyears since higher education was established on Prince Edward Island, it is fitting to examine the history of an era that barely yet registers as history — though 1969 was nearer the Great Depression than to today. UPEI was a product of‘its time, of student alienation and student power, religious distrust and religious accommodation, immediate economic need and visionary economic investment. iVlixing tradition and innovation, pragmatism and, yes, utopianism, UPEl's founders created a university with purpose, one strong enough not only to survive but to blossom into a great small university.

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