University of Waterloo, Aryan Affairs Commission at PAC Opening
- SCA98-GA68-1968-68-1443
- File
- July 15, 1968
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
University of Waterloo, Aryan Affairs Commission at PAC Opening
Part of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Conception Mt. Olympus Faculty Club.
Part of Jim Keron fonds.
An image of three individuals holding a sign next to an outhouse located on the site where the new Faculty Club was to be built at the University of Waterloo. It is likely that one of the people in this photograph is Jim Keron however this cannot be confirmed as their faces are obscured by the sign. The outhouse was built by Jim Keron and friends in the middle of the night. The group used sheets of plywood left at the construction site of the physical education building to create the outhouse. The sign at the bottom of the image reads, “Conception Mt. Olympus Faculty Club.”
The outhouse was built by Keron and friends to satirize the growing tensions between students and faculty club members over space. Specifically, the faculty club’s desire to establish an exclusive space within the Campus Centre (now the Student Life Centre), which was contradictory to the egalitarian vision for the building held by many students. On July 17, 1968, the Faculty Club submitted a request to the Campus Centre Advisory Board to have exclusive and continuous use of the pub and formal dining room inside the Campus Centre until the new Faculty Club was built. The proposal was rejected by the advisory board however, tensions over space for students and faculty continued.[1]
Also includes three images of an unidentified individual wearing an academic gown, likely a member of the Aryan Affairs Commission (AAC) standing next to the outhouse. Members of the AAC approved the construction of the outhouse, painted the letters ‘AAC’ on the side of the unit and then posed for pictures.
Keron, James Robert
Aryan Affairs Commission minutes and related materials.
Part of Jim Keron fonds.
Materials related to the Aryan Affairs Commission (AAC) gathered by Jim Keron, likely when he was a member of the AAC. Includes the meeting minutes of the Aryan Affairs Commission (AAC) privy council held on June 6, 1968; June 10, 1968; June 20, 1968; July 8, 1968; July 15, 1968, and August 21, 1968. File also includes correspondence, an application for membership, a cheque book, sweatshirt order forms, a special occasion liquor license, a petition to disband the privy council, a receipt for stamps, and handwritten notes.
Furthermore, the file contains a wood-mounted rubber stamp with a handle. The rubber stamp die features the group's name, Aryan Affairs Commission, in small lettering at the top and the words "rubber stamp" prominently displayed in the center. Members of the AAC likely used this stamp to mark posters or flyers on bulletin boards around campus to satirize university administration requirements that such materials be stamped for approval.
Keron, James Robert