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     permanent Note, however, that there was still no logo or crest to adorn this new sign at the main entrance of UPEl’s 
     
    
   
   
    
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     had resigned, the majority ofthose who remained had not been at St. 
     
     Dunstan’s or Prince OfVVales for very long, salaries were higher, and 
     
     there was excitement and opportunity in crafting a new university. 
     
     UPEI looked like an attractive place to be. Applications for academ- 
     
     ic employment poured in from all over that summer, including one 
     
     from a young Charlottetown lawyer interested in teaching law or ae- 
     
     eounting, Joseph Ghiz.“ Baker‘s reply to all was that for the moment 
     
     UPEI was fully staffed. In fact, with a very low student/faculty ratio 
     
     of 10/1, UPEI was to be it. anything overstitfled for the foreseeable 
     
     future.“ 
     
    

    
     But what if~ you opened a university and nobody came? Since 
     
     there were few physical changes in the campuses that summer, and 
     
     the progress that was finally being made was happening behind the 
     
    
   
   
    
     scenes, many Islanders doubted that UPEI would open on time. A 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     52 See Baker to l T. Revel], business department, filuly root), President's 
     
     Correspondenee, folder 1, l’lCl Collection. 
     
     3; Baker explained this most directly to l1j0l‘t‘SCCleg friend, Robert Green: “Our 
     
    
   
   
    
     student—stall~ ratio is 10—1, and we are not going to get the money to run on anything 
     
     less than 13—1."\(i\'eiiilwei'r3, {00¢}, President's Correspondence. folder 2, Plfl 
     
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