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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
GUELPH AWMNUS
Spring 1981 Vol 14 No 2
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUM NI ASSOClAnON
HONORARY PRESI DENT Professor Donald F Forster
PRESIDENT Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54
PAST PRESIDENT Janice (Robertson) Partlow Arts 70
SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Jacki e (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74
VICE-PRESIDENTS Dr Clifford Barker OVC 4 1 Ewart Carberry OAC 44 Peter Mc Mullen CPS 76 Richard Moccia CBS 76 Anne Vaughan Arts 77 Jane (Vollick) Webster FACS 75
SECRETARY Ba rry Stahlbaum CPS 74
DIRECTORS Brian Allen CPS 72 Peter Anderson Well 68 Les Du nn CBS 76 Lynn ( Morrow) Featherston Ma c 68 Elizabeth Heeney Ma c 71 Alvin Jory CSS 7 4 Pat (S bier) Mighton OAC 64 Edith LeLacheur Arts 72 Debbie (Nash) Chambers Arts 77 Dr Mel Po la nd OVC 44 Ambrose Samulski CBS 7) Glenn Powell OAC 62 Dr Stan Ward OVC )6
EX -OFFICIO DIRECTORS Frances Adams President Uniyersity of Guelpb Central Student Association Joh n Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and Deyelopment Dr C Robert Buck OVC 46 President OVc Alumni Association Jud it h Carson Arts 75 President Arts Alumni Association Barbara Hinds CSS 7 4 President CSS Alumni Association Dan Schnurr CBS 79 President Graduate Students Association Karen (S nyder) McDougall FA CS 7) President Mac-FACS Alumni Association Dr Clare Rennie OAC 4 7 President OAC Alumni Association William Sanford C PS 73 President c PS Alumni Association Jim Gallivan C BS 7) President CBS Alumni Association
TREASURER James Elmslie
ASSOCIATE SECRETAR Y Rosemary Clark Mac 59
The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depa rtment of Alumni Affa irs and Development in co-operation with the Depart ment of In for mation University of Guelph
The Editorial Commi ttee is comprised of Editor Derek Wing Pub licat ions Officer Department of Alumni Affairs and Development John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and Development Erich Barth Art Director Department of Information Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assistant Director for Alumni Programs Douglas Waterston Director of Information Donald Jose OAC 49 Assistant Director of Information Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 DevelopmentCommunications Officer Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Association is com prised of Ewa rt Carberry OAC 44 Chairman Dr Allan Austin Dr Donald Barnum OVC 4 1 W John Bowles CSS 72 Jud it h Carson Arts 75 Peter Hohenadel OAC 75 Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac )5 Sandra Webster CSS 75 Ex-Officio John Babcock OAC 54 Jan ice (Robertson) Partlow Art s 70 Dr Tom DeGce r OVC 54
Undelivered copies should be returned to the Department of Alumni Affairs and Development University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The 1980 Alma Mater Fund Campaign
A Brief Moment for Pause and Reflection By John He arn
F or several hundred energetic and resourceful alumni and University
personnel involved with the 1980 Alma Mater Fund (AMF) campaign this is a moment for pause and reflection - a brief moment to be sure because the time which can be allowed for mutual congratulation is limited by the organizational demands of the 1981 campaign But right now the 1980 AMF has been weighed and counted in all its glory and with a record breaking $296567 safely in the coffers a certain measure of satisfactior) is in order
Despite the economy the bank rate the price of fuel and food the weather the C onstitution the hostages Mount Sl Helens and the shooting of JR nearly 6000 alumni rose to a challenge presented by 14 major projects and innumerable class commemorative and memoria l prOjects
which stand to benefit from the 1980 campaign-and met every target
One of the factors which makes the whole program go is the quality of leadership The 1980 campaign chairman Ross Hay OAC 45 who served the Fund in both the class agent and Century Club division s and as deputy chairman prior to his appointment is a true example of the calibre of alumni leadership He and the Management Commillee working in co-operation with fund director John Babcock OAC 54 and his s taff developed the overall campaign strategy
The logis tics of a n opera tion embracing some 27 000 alumni is formidable reports assis tant AMF director James J Elmslie You just cant pepper that number of people with a kind of buckshot publicity in the vague hope
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that enough of them will respond to make it work Nor is it a mailer of trying to make everyone feel important and wanted just because experts proclaim this to be a tried and true technique The truth is that we are not very much interested in techniques as such These people ARE important and they ARE wanted
This is not some anonymous faceless alumni army which can be shaken every year like a money tree Jim explained it is a wide assortment of very real people every one of whom spent some of the most important years of their lives on this
campus It s true that the University of Guelph helped to shape them but its even more true that they themselves shaped and are still shaping the University It is they who give it its unique flavour which is a source of pleasure and pride to everyone who was ever a ssociated with it Todays students tread paths worn smooth by these alumni We never think of alumni as our market-they are friends and associates in an enterprise into which we have all breathed life
Above all continued Jim they are not all alike They have different interests and they certainly have different incomes Numerically it is the most recent graduates who make up the majority These are young men and women s tanding at the threshold of their careers a time when expenses are highest and incomes merely beginning What to me is so gratifying is the fact that an important number of younger alumni are willing to contribute unembarrassed by the widows mitt which may be all they
can manage at this stage You may be certain that every
canvasser and member of the campaign organization is deeply aware of the value of such sacrifices and to be honest about it we are not uninterested in the arithmetic which would be posed by a $10 contribution from each of those who have not yet felt able to give to the Fund We appreciate and need significant donations and we are proud of the fact that a participation rate of over 21 per cen t pu ts us a mong the top five of Canadian universities-but we will continue to reach out to that important number of young a lumni whose sense of belonging could be enhanced by a modest contribution
By significant donations it is not to be supposed that Jim Elmslie is referring to gifts which arrive in Brinks Express trucks on the contrary he is talking about the loyal and dedicated donors who are members of the Century Club of which all those who donate $100 or more automatically become members This again does not sound like very much money but
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1980 saw membership in the Century Club increase of 14 per cent uver 197 9 fearing s todgi ness on the one ha nd and an
break through the 1000 bar rier - to A month later the class age nts went cxcess of clan on the ot her It see ms that I On shy contributing a whopp ing into action They used sta ndard printed alum ni have an exccllent unders tanding o f
$1 87944 middotmiddot- or about 63 per cent of the letters but the priva te notes which they the difference between good humour a nd
overall campaign tota l Century Club campaign chairman Dr Don Huntley
OAC 41 and his colleagues are to be
congra tula ted on a rema rka ble achieveme nt We gather that s ights have
alread y been set on a targe t of 2000
members by 1985 Century C lub membership is
acknowledged in a number of pleasa nt
privileges such as invitations to a reception
at the President s house and other social
sporting and academic events The whole process of keeping in touch
for fund raising or any other purpose
would long since have become impossible if
it were not for the tireless efforts of the
class agents wh ose intimate knowl edge of
their cl assma tes enables them to maintain a
hi ghly perso nal channel of communication The figures are instructi ve The
A M F general mailing which went out to a ll a lumni on August 291980 brought in
1695 gifts to ta lling $33612-a do ll a r
added to them and in some cases the use
of their own letterheads elicited a response
from a further 1649 alumni (up 22 9 per
cent over 1979) who between them contributed $35959 a massive 361 per
cent increase over last year Jack GalJin OA C 47 Chairman of
the class agent divi sion a nd al l his hard
working agents ca n bask in glory for a few
moments while they contemplate the task
they have se t themselves for 198 1 Doubtless they will rise to th e occasion
A few eyebrows were raised by th e use of a to ngue-in-ch eek reca ll notice whi c h
went o ut to tardy respo ndents implying a
fault in the mailing itself and promising
correctio n Th is so mewhat li ght-hear ted
approach appa rently appea led to the overwhelming majority of those who
received it and we may see more of such
imaginative m aili ng pi eces in the future F und raisers perennia lly ago nize over the
precise wording of their va riou s appea ls
high pressure and the recall notice scored
32 per cent bettcr than the more sober
mi ss ive of 1979
The Camp us Fund under the joint chairmanship of Marga ret Hauser OAC 46 and John Bligh collected $49279 or
166 per cent of the ove rall fund from
fac ulty professional sta ff and members of
the Uni versi ty of Guelph Staff Association
This included more tha n $10000 donatcd in specia l gifts and gifts-in-kind
The a ppeal of Dr Grant Misener OAC 35 and OYC 38 president of
Friends of Uni versi ty of Guelph Inc to
alumni residen t in the USA resulted in
275 gifts amo un ting to $24267 This
organization was incorporated to satisfy the req uirements of the Inte rna l Reve nue
Service of the US govern ment a nd to
facilitate support from alu mni residcnt in
that country In another res pect 1980 was a magic
year It carried t he total of Alma M ater
Comparison of Total Alma Mater Funds Received in Current Dollars With Constant 1971 Dollars
$300
The Bite of Inflation -- $250 ~
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middot 80 Funds receive d - current $s- V
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C $200 ~ - yv ~ ~ == I-----shy- $150 ~ laquoI - --- shyE ~- ---- shylaquoI ~- - -e
f ~ ~ -- Value of funds in constant 197 1 $s -$100
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1971 1978 1979 1980
+Postal strike int errupted 1975 campaign_
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Funds rrom all sources since its inception past the $2000000 mark More tha n just money this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the University a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture
The gross figures are impressive Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qua rter or a million dollars each Schola rships and Awards come to $461767 and $ 135 000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program $100000 went to the Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Project while library acqui sitions now tota l $66983 A tota l or $111 308 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers itys a rt collection
Arboretum development accounted ror $110570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60000 rrom the Fund The Athletic Program the OV c Clinic Semin ar Room College Advancement Projects Drama London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or the Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni
Al location or funds is decided by the Alma Ma ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives seven ex-orric io members a nd one appointed representative It is their job to consider the various requ ests a nd draw up a ta ble or priorities based on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the disa ster rigure incrementing by $5 000 steps to the sublime peaks whic h a re reached onl y ir everything works to perrection
This was certa inly a sublime pea k yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion Details a re shown in a separa te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share
Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd measured by those stand ards the 1980 Alma Mate r Fund rates high-a worthy cause a sense or pa rticipa tion by a ll concerned a high percentage response success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tions ra ther than a handful or heroic givers unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or admini stration costs
Too orten rund raising is a chore a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or guilt The Un iversity or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund On the other hand grows a nd will continue to grow rrom strength to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom the chairman or the camshypaign to the $10 donor Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it 0
Highlights bull New record established with 5616 girts amounting to $296567-highest
girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund bull Overall pa rticipa tion was 212 per cent with a girt average or $5281 bull Century Club members contributed 1077 leadership girts tota lling
$187 944 or 63 per cent or girt total bull Faculty and starr participation in the Campus Fund was 48 2 per cent with
a girt average or $8366 bull O AC alumni pa rticipation or 255 per cent topped both OVc and
Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 234 per cent The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range
Summary of Allocations
Scholarships Libra ry Acquisitions College Advancement Projects Alumni Stadium Small Anima l Clinic Extension a t O Vc Winegard Visiting Proressorships Arboretum Development O A C Associate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purchases Research Grants Instructional Development Program Music Program London House Athletic Progra m War Memoria l Ha ll Mac-FACS WorkStudy Project Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O Vc Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects
Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries
1980 1969-80 $ 71 152 $ 461767
43135 166983 35000 70000 20000 240391 20000 20000 15000 135000 14502 363800 12061 13091 11510 111 308 10946 15946 10000 10000 6000 39782 5000 33519 4748 14170
60000 10000
100400 35000
9000 3250
17513 95876
$296567 $2009283
Summary of Alumni Support 1980
Total Change Gifts 7980
OAC 2370 + 9 9 O Vc 604 - 02 Mac-FACS 1060 + 40 Arts amp Science 1029 +126 FacultySta rr 342 - 116
5405 Other credits 211
5616
AI_ma Mater Fund 1980 girt tota l Alumni associations special projects Alumni a nd raculty bequests and endowments Total a lumni support in 1980 Wintario ma tching grants Gra nd total
Amount ~iven
$119512 35635 36963 20740 40037
252888 43679
$296567
Change 7980
+12 3 +121 + 6 2 +334 +228
+103
$296567 1435
25000 $323002
14204 $337206
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The CBS University Centre booth
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There were youngsters galore
The campus cannon was suitably allired Campus tours were popular
College Royal Lecturer Dr David Suzuki in Action
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A transparent beehive with live bees
There were parties for alumni and their families
Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
Ukrainian egg painting demonstration Sunshine and fresh air at the U of G Arboretum
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
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for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
]977
Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
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GUELPH AWMNUS
Spring 1981 Vol 14 No 2
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUM NI ASSOClAnON
HONORARY PRESI DENT Professor Donald F Forster
PRESIDENT Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54
PAST PRESIDENT Janice (Robertson) Partlow Arts 70
SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Jacki e (Wemyss) Wright CBS 74
VICE-PRESIDENTS Dr Clifford Barker OVC 4 1 Ewart Carberry OAC 44 Peter Mc Mullen CPS 76 Richard Moccia CBS 76 Anne Vaughan Arts 77 Jane (Vollick) Webster FACS 75
SECRETARY Ba rry Stahlbaum CPS 74
DIRECTORS Brian Allen CPS 72 Peter Anderson Well 68 Les Du nn CBS 76 Lynn ( Morrow) Featherston Ma c 68 Elizabeth Heeney Ma c 71 Alvin Jory CSS 7 4 Pat (S bier) Mighton OAC 64 Edith LeLacheur Arts 72 Debbie (Nash) Chambers Arts 77 Dr Mel Po la nd OVC 44 Ambrose Samulski CBS 7) Glenn Powell OAC 62 Dr Stan Ward OVC )6
EX -OFFICIO DIRECTORS Frances Adams President Uniyersity of Guelpb Central Student Association Joh n Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and Deyelopment Dr C Robert Buck OVC 46 President OVc Alumni Association Jud it h Carson Arts 75 President Arts Alumni Association Barbara Hinds CSS 7 4 President CSS Alumni Association Dan Schnurr CBS 79 President Graduate Students Association Karen (S nyder) McDougall FA CS 7) President Mac-FACS Alumni Association Dr Clare Rennie OAC 4 7 President OAC Alumni Association William Sanford C PS 73 President c PS Alumni Association Jim Gallivan C BS 7) President CBS Alumni Association
TREASURER James Elmslie
ASSOCIATE SECRETAR Y Rosemary Clark Mac 59
The Guelph Alumnus is published by the Depa rtment of Alumni Affa irs and Development in co-operation with the Depart ment of In for mation University of Guelph
The Editorial Commi ttee is comprised of Editor Derek Wing Pub licat ions Officer Department of Alumni Affairs and Development John Babcock OAC 54 Director of Alumni Affairs and Development Erich Barth Art Director Department of Information Rosemary Clark Mac 59 Assistant Director for Alumni Programs Douglas Waterston Director of Information Donald Jose OAC 49 Assistant Director of Information Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 DevelopmentCommunications Officer Department of Alumni Affairs and Development
The Editorial Advisory Board of the University of Guelph Alumni Association is com prised of Ewa rt Carberry OAC 44 Chairman Dr Allan Austin Dr Donald Barnum OVC 4 1 W John Bowles CSS 72 Jud it h Carson Arts 75 Peter Hohenadel OAC 75 Olive (Thompson) Thompson Mac )5 Sandra Webster CSS 75 Ex-Officio John Babcock OAC 54 Jan ice (Robertson) Partlow Art s 70 Dr Tom DeGce r OVC 54
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The 1980 Alma Mater Fund Campaign
A Brief Moment for Pause and Reflection By John He arn
F or several hundred energetic and resourceful alumni and University
personnel involved with the 1980 Alma Mater Fund (AMF) campaign this is a moment for pause and reflection - a brief moment to be sure because the time which can be allowed for mutual congratulation is limited by the organizational demands of the 1981 campaign But right now the 1980 AMF has been weighed and counted in all its glory and with a record breaking $296567 safely in the coffers a certain measure of satisfactior) is in order
Despite the economy the bank rate the price of fuel and food the weather the C onstitution the hostages Mount Sl Helens and the shooting of JR nearly 6000 alumni rose to a challenge presented by 14 major projects and innumerable class commemorative and memoria l prOjects
which stand to benefit from the 1980 campaign-and met every target
One of the factors which makes the whole program go is the quality of leadership The 1980 campaign chairman Ross Hay OAC 45 who served the Fund in both the class agent and Century Club division s and as deputy chairman prior to his appointment is a true example of the calibre of alumni leadership He and the Management Commillee working in co-operation with fund director John Babcock OAC 54 and his s taff developed the overall campaign strategy
The logis tics of a n opera tion embracing some 27 000 alumni is formidable reports assis tant AMF director James J Elmslie You just cant pepper that number of people with a kind of buckshot publicity in the vague hope
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that enough of them will respond to make it work Nor is it a mailer of trying to make everyone feel important and wanted just because experts proclaim this to be a tried and true technique The truth is that we are not very much interested in techniques as such These people ARE important and they ARE wanted
This is not some anonymous faceless alumni army which can be shaken every year like a money tree Jim explained it is a wide assortment of very real people every one of whom spent some of the most important years of their lives on this
campus It s true that the University of Guelph helped to shape them but its even more true that they themselves shaped and are still shaping the University It is they who give it its unique flavour which is a source of pleasure and pride to everyone who was ever a ssociated with it Todays students tread paths worn smooth by these alumni We never think of alumni as our market-they are friends and associates in an enterprise into which we have all breathed life
Above all continued Jim they are not all alike They have different interests and they certainly have different incomes Numerically it is the most recent graduates who make up the majority These are young men and women s tanding at the threshold of their careers a time when expenses are highest and incomes merely beginning What to me is so gratifying is the fact that an important number of younger alumni are willing to contribute unembarrassed by the widows mitt which may be all they
can manage at this stage You may be certain that every
canvasser and member of the campaign organization is deeply aware of the value of such sacrifices and to be honest about it we are not uninterested in the arithmetic which would be posed by a $10 contribution from each of those who have not yet felt able to give to the Fund We appreciate and need significant donations and we are proud of the fact that a participation rate of over 21 per cen t pu ts us a mong the top five of Canadian universities-but we will continue to reach out to that important number of young a lumni whose sense of belonging could be enhanced by a modest contribution
By significant donations it is not to be supposed that Jim Elmslie is referring to gifts which arrive in Brinks Express trucks on the contrary he is talking about the loyal and dedicated donors who are members of the Century Club of which all those who donate $100 or more automatically become members This again does not sound like very much money but
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1980 saw membership in the Century Club increase of 14 per cent uver 197 9 fearing s todgi ness on the one ha nd and an
break through the 1000 bar rier - to A month later the class age nts went cxcess of clan on the ot her It see ms that I On shy contributing a whopp ing into action They used sta ndard printed alum ni have an exccllent unders tanding o f
$1 87944 middotmiddot- or about 63 per cent of the letters but the priva te notes which they the difference between good humour a nd
overall campaign tota l Century Club campaign chairman Dr Don Huntley
OAC 41 and his colleagues are to be
congra tula ted on a rema rka ble achieveme nt We gather that s ights have
alread y been set on a targe t of 2000
members by 1985 Century C lub membership is
acknowledged in a number of pleasa nt
privileges such as invitations to a reception
at the President s house and other social
sporting and academic events The whole process of keeping in touch
for fund raising or any other purpose
would long since have become impossible if
it were not for the tireless efforts of the
class agents wh ose intimate knowl edge of
their cl assma tes enables them to maintain a
hi ghly perso nal channel of communication The figures are instructi ve The
A M F general mailing which went out to a ll a lumni on August 291980 brought in
1695 gifts to ta lling $33612-a do ll a r
added to them and in some cases the use
of their own letterheads elicited a response
from a further 1649 alumni (up 22 9 per
cent over 1979) who between them contributed $35959 a massive 361 per
cent increase over last year Jack GalJin OA C 47 Chairman of
the class agent divi sion a nd al l his hard
working agents ca n bask in glory for a few
moments while they contemplate the task
they have se t themselves for 198 1 Doubtless they will rise to th e occasion
A few eyebrows were raised by th e use of a to ngue-in-ch eek reca ll notice whi c h
went o ut to tardy respo ndents implying a
fault in the mailing itself and promising
correctio n Th is so mewhat li ght-hear ted
approach appa rently appea led to the overwhelming majority of those who
received it and we may see more of such
imaginative m aili ng pi eces in the future F und raisers perennia lly ago nize over the
precise wording of their va riou s appea ls
high pressure and the recall notice scored
32 per cent bettcr than the more sober
mi ss ive of 1979
The Camp us Fund under the joint chairmanship of Marga ret Hauser OAC 46 and John Bligh collected $49279 or
166 per cent of the ove rall fund from
fac ulty professional sta ff and members of
the Uni versi ty of Guelph Staff Association
This included more tha n $10000 donatcd in specia l gifts and gifts-in-kind
The a ppeal of Dr Grant Misener OAC 35 and OYC 38 president of
Friends of Uni versi ty of Guelph Inc to
alumni residen t in the USA resulted in
275 gifts amo un ting to $24267 This
organization was incorporated to satisfy the req uirements of the Inte rna l Reve nue
Service of the US govern ment a nd to
facilitate support from alu mni residcnt in
that country In another res pect 1980 was a magic
year It carried t he total of Alma M ater
Comparison of Total Alma Mater Funds Received in Current Dollars With Constant 1971 Dollars
$300
The Bite of Inflation -- $250 ~
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f ~ ~ -- Value of funds in constant 197 1 $s -$100
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1971 1978 1979 1980
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Funds rrom all sources since its inception past the $2000000 mark More tha n just money this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the University a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture
The gross figures are impressive Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qua rter or a million dollars each Schola rships and Awards come to $461767 and $ 135 000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program $100000 went to the Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Project while library acqui sitions now tota l $66983 A tota l or $111 308 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers itys a rt collection
Arboretum development accounted ror $110570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60000 rrom the Fund The Athletic Program the OV c Clinic Semin ar Room College Advancement Projects Drama London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or the Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni
Al location or funds is decided by the Alma Ma ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives seven ex-orric io members a nd one appointed representative It is their job to consider the various requ ests a nd draw up a ta ble or priorities based on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the disa ster rigure incrementing by $5 000 steps to the sublime peaks whic h a re reached onl y ir everything works to perrection
This was certa inly a sublime pea k yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion Details a re shown in a separa te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share
Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd measured by those stand ards the 1980 Alma Mate r Fund rates high-a worthy cause a sense or pa rticipa tion by a ll concerned a high percentage response success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tions ra ther than a handful or heroic givers unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or admini stration costs
Too orten rund raising is a chore a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or guilt The Un iversity or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund On the other hand grows a nd will continue to grow rrom strength to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom the chairman or the camshypaign to the $10 donor Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it 0
Highlights bull New record established with 5616 girts amounting to $296567-highest
girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund bull Overall pa rticipa tion was 212 per cent with a girt average or $5281 bull Century Club members contributed 1077 leadership girts tota lling
$187 944 or 63 per cent or girt total bull Faculty and starr participation in the Campus Fund was 48 2 per cent with
a girt average or $8366 bull O AC alumni pa rticipation or 255 per cent topped both OVc and
Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 234 per cent The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range
Summary of Allocations
Scholarships Libra ry Acquisitions College Advancement Projects Alumni Stadium Small Anima l Clinic Extension a t O Vc Winegard Visiting Proressorships Arboretum Development O A C Associate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purchases Research Grants Instructional Development Program Music Program London House Athletic Progra m War Memoria l Ha ll Mac-FACS WorkStudy Project Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O Vc Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects
Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries
1980 1969-80 $ 71 152 $ 461767
43135 166983 35000 70000 20000 240391 20000 20000 15000 135000 14502 363800 12061 13091 11510 111 308 10946 15946 10000 10000 6000 39782 5000 33519 4748 14170
60000 10000
100400 35000
9000 3250
17513 95876
$296567 $2009283
Summary of Alumni Support 1980
Total Change Gifts 7980
OAC 2370 + 9 9 O Vc 604 - 02 Mac-FACS 1060 + 40 Arts amp Science 1029 +126 FacultySta rr 342 - 116
5405 Other credits 211
5616
AI_ma Mater Fund 1980 girt tota l Alumni associations special projects Alumni a nd raculty bequests and endowments Total a lumni support in 1980 Wintario ma tching grants Gra nd total
Amount ~iven
$119512 35635 36963 20740 40037
252888 43679
$296567
Change 7980
+12 3 +121 + 6 2 +334 +228
+103
$296567 1435
25000 $323002
14204 $337206
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The CBS University Centre booth
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There were youngsters galore
The campus cannon was suitably allired Campus tours were popular
College Royal Lecturer Dr David Suzuki in Action
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A transparent beehive with live bees
There were parties for alumni and their families
Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
Ukrainian egg painting demonstration Sunshine and fresh air at the U of G Arboretum
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
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for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
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I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
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August 3
Sept 4
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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The 1980 Alma Mater Fund Campaign
A Brief Moment for Pause and Reflection By John He arn
F or several hundred energetic and resourceful alumni and University
personnel involved with the 1980 Alma Mater Fund (AMF) campaign this is a moment for pause and reflection - a brief moment to be sure because the time which can be allowed for mutual congratulation is limited by the organizational demands of the 1981 campaign But right now the 1980 AMF has been weighed and counted in all its glory and with a record breaking $296567 safely in the coffers a certain measure of satisfactior) is in order
Despite the economy the bank rate the price of fuel and food the weather the C onstitution the hostages Mount Sl Helens and the shooting of JR nearly 6000 alumni rose to a challenge presented by 14 major projects and innumerable class commemorative and memoria l prOjects
which stand to benefit from the 1980 campaign-and met every target
One of the factors which makes the whole program go is the quality of leadership The 1980 campaign chairman Ross Hay OAC 45 who served the Fund in both the class agent and Century Club division s and as deputy chairman prior to his appointment is a true example of the calibre of alumni leadership He and the Management Commillee working in co-operation with fund director John Babcock OAC 54 and his s taff developed the overall campaign strategy
The logis tics of a n opera tion embracing some 27 000 alumni is formidable reports assis tant AMF director James J Elmslie You just cant pepper that number of people with a kind of buckshot publicity in the vague hope
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that enough of them will respond to make it work Nor is it a mailer of trying to make everyone feel important and wanted just because experts proclaim this to be a tried and true technique The truth is that we are not very much interested in techniques as such These people ARE important and they ARE wanted
This is not some anonymous faceless alumni army which can be shaken every year like a money tree Jim explained it is a wide assortment of very real people every one of whom spent some of the most important years of their lives on this
campus It s true that the University of Guelph helped to shape them but its even more true that they themselves shaped and are still shaping the University It is they who give it its unique flavour which is a source of pleasure and pride to everyone who was ever a ssociated with it Todays students tread paths worn smooth by these alumni We never think of alumni as our market-they are friends and associates in an enterprise into which we have all breathed life
Above all continued Jim they are not all alike They have different interests and they certainly have different incomes Numerically it is the most recent graduates who make up the majority These are young men and women s tanding at the threshold of their careers a time when expenses are highest and incomes merely beginning What to me is so gratifying is the fact that an important number of younger alumni are willing to contribute unembarrassed by the widows mitt which may be all they
can manage at this stage You may be certain that every
canvasser and member of the campaign organization is deeply aware of the value of such sacrifices and to be honest about it we are not uninterested in the arithmetic which would be posed by a $10 contribution from each of those who have not yet felt able to give to the Fund We appreciate and need significant donations and we are proud of the fact that a participation rate of over 21 per cen t pu ts us a mong the top five of Canadian universities-but we will continue to reach out to that important number of young a lumni whose sense of belonging could be enhanced by a modest contribution
By significant donations it is not to be supposed that Jim Elmslie is referring to gifts which arrive in Brinks Express trucks on the contrary he is talking about the loyal and dedicated donors who are members of the Century Club of which all those who donate $100 or more automatically become members This again does not sound like very much money but
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1980 saw membership in the Century Club increase of 14 per cent uver 197 9 fearing s todgi ness on the one ha nd and an
break through the 1000 bar rier - to A month later the class age nts went cxcess of clan on the ot her It see ms that I On shy contributing a whopp ing into action They used sta ndard printed alum ni have an exccllent unders tanding o f
$1 87944 middotmiddot- or about 63 per cent of the letters but the priva te notes which they the difference between good humour a nd
overall campaign tota l Century Club campaign chairman Dr Don Huntley
OAC 41 and his colleagues are to be
congra tula ted on a rema rka ble achieveme nt We gather that s ights have
alread y been set on a targe t of 2000
members by 1985 Century C lub membership is
acknowledged in a number of pleasa nt
privileges such as invitations to a reception
at the President s house and other social
sporting and academic events The whole process of keeping in touch
for fund raising or any other purpose
would long since have become impossible if
it were not for the tireless efforts of the
class agents wh ose intimate knowl edge of
their cl assma tes enables them to maintain a
hi ghly perso nal channel of communication The figures are instructi ve The
A M F general mailing which went out to a ll a lumni on August 291980 brought in
1695 gifts to ta lling $33612-a do ll a r
added to them and in some cases the use
of their own letterheads elicited a response
from a further 1649 alumni (up 22 9 per
cent over 1979) who between them contributed $35959 a massive 361 per
cent increase over last year Jack GalJin OA C 47 Chairman of
the class agent divi sion a nd al l his hard
working agents ca n bask in glory for a few
moments while they contemplate the task
they have se t themselves for 198 1 Doubtless they will rise to th e occasion
A few eyebrows were raised by th e use of a to ngue-in-ch eek reca ll notice whi c h
went o ut to tardy respo ndents implying a
fault in the mailing itself and promising
correctio n Th is so mewhat li ght-hear ted
approach appa rently appea led to the overwhelming majority of those who
received it and we may see more of such
imaginative m aili ng pi eces in the future F und raisers perennia lly ago nize over the
precise wording of their va riou s appea ls
high pressure and the recall notice scored
32 per cent bettcr than the more sober
mi ss ive of 1979
The Camp us Fund under the joint chairmanship of Marga ret Hauser OAC 46 and John Bligh collected $49279 or
166 per cent of the ove rall fund from
fac ulty professional sta ff and members of
the Uni versi ty of Guelph Staff Association
This included more tha n $10000 donatcd in specia l gifts and gifts-in-kind
The a ppeal of Dr Grant Misener OAC 35 and OYC 38 president of
Friends of Uni versi ty of Guelph Inc to
alumni residen t in the USA resulted in
275 gifts amo un ting to $24267 This
organization was incorporated to satisfy the req uirements of the Inte rna l Reve nue
Service of the US govern ment a nd to
facilitate support from alu mni residcnt in
that country In another res pect 1980 was a magic
year It carried t he total of Alma M ater
Comparison of Total Alma Mater Funds Received in Current Dollars With Constant 1971 Dollars
$300
The Bite of Inflation -- $250 ~
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middot 80 Funds receive d - current $s- V
V
C $200 ~ - yv ~ ~ == I-----shy- $150 ~ laquoI - --- shyE ~- ---- shylaquoI ~- - -e
f ~ ~ -- Value of funds in constant 197 1 $s -$100
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1971 1978 1979 1980
+Postal strike int errupted 1975 campaign_
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Funds rrom all sources since its inception past the $2000000 mark More tha n just money this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the University a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture
The gross figures are impressive Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qua rter or a million dollars each Schola rships and Awards come to $461767 and $ 135 000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program $100000 went to the Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Project while library acqui sitions now tota l $66983 A tota l or $111 308 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers itys a rt collection
Arboretum development accounted ror $110570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60000 rrom the Fund The Athletic Program the OV c Clinic Semin ar Room College Advancement Projects Drama London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or the Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni
Al location or funds is decided by the Alma Ma ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives seven ex-orric io members a nd one appointed representative It is their job to consider the various requ ests a nd draw up a ta ble or priorities based on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the disa ster rigure incrementing by $5 000 steps to the sublime peaks whic h a re reached onl y ir everything works to perrection
This was certa inly a sublime pea k yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion Details a re shown in a separa te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share
Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd measured by those stand ards the 1980 Alma Mate r Fund rates high-a worthy cause a sense or pa rticipa tion by a ll concerned a high percentage response success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tions ra ther than a handful or heroic givers unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or admini stration costs
Too orten rund raising is a chore a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or guilt The Un iversity or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund On the other hand grows a nd will continue to grow rrom strength to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom the chairman or the camshypaign to the $10 donor Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it 0
Highlights bull New record established with 5616 girts amounting to $296567-highest
girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund bull Overall pa rticipa tion was 212 per cent with a girt average or $5281 bull Century Club members contributed 1077 leadership girts tota lling
$187 944 or 63 per cent or girt total bull Faculty and starr participation in the Campus Fund was 48 2 per cent with
a girt average or $8366 bull O AC alumni pa rticipation or 255 per cent topped both OVc and
Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 234 per cent The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range
Summary of Allocations
Scholarships Libra ry Acquisitions College Advancement Projects Alumni Stadium Small Anima l Clinic Extension a t O Vc Winegard Visiting Proressorships Arboretum Development O A C Associate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purchases Research Grants Instructional Development Program Music Program London House Athletic Progra m War Memoria l Ha ll Mac-FACS WorkStudy Project Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O Vc Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects
Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries
1980 1969-80 $ 71 152 $ 461767
43135 166983 35000 70000 20000 240391 20000 20000 15000 135000 14502 363800 12061 13091 11510 111 308 10946 15946 10000 10000 6000 39782 5000 33519 4748 14170
60000 10000
100400 35000
9000 3250
17513 95876
$296567 $2009283
Summary of Alumni Support 1980
Total Change Gifts 7980
OAC 2370 + 9 9 O Vc 604 - 02 Mac-FACS 1060 + 40 Arts amp Science 1029 +126 FacultySta rr 342 - 116
5405 Other credits 211
5616
AI_ma Mater Fund 1980 girt tota l Alumni associations special projects Alumni a nd raculty bequests and endowments Total a lumni support in 1980 Wintario ma tching grants Gra nd total
Amount ~iven
$119512 35635 36963 20740 40037
252888 43679
$296567
Change 7980
+12 3 +121 + 6 2 +334 +228
+103
$296567 1435
25000 $323002
14204 $337206
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The CBS University Centre booth
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There were youngsters galore
The campus cannon was suitably allired Campus tours were popular
College Royal Lecturer Dr David Suzuki in Action
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A transparent beehive with live bees
There were parties for alumni and their families
Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
Ukrainian egg painting demonstration Sunshine and fresh air at the U of G Arboretum
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
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Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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1980 saw membership in the Century Club increase of 14 per cent uver 197 9 fearing s todgi ness on the one ha nd and an
break through the 1000 bar rier - to A month later the class age nts went cxcess of clan on the ot her It see ms that I On shy contributing a whopp ing into action They used sta ndard printed alum ni have an exccllent unders tanding o f
$1 87944 middotmiddot- or about 63 per cent of the letters but the priva te notes which they the difference between good humour a nd
overall campaign tota l Century Club campaign chairman Dr Don Huntley
OAC 41 and his colleagues are to be
congra tula ted on a rema rka ble achieveme nt We gather that s ights have
alread y been set on a targe t of 2000
members by 1985 Century C lub membership is
acknowledged in a number of pleasa nt
privileges such as invitations to a reception
at the President s house and other social
sporting and academic events The whole process of keeping in touch
for fund raising or any other purpose
would long since have become impossible if
it were not for the tireless efforts of the
class agents wh ose intimate knowl edge of
their cl assma tes enables them to maintain a
hi ghly perso nal channel of communication The figures are instructi ve The
A M F general mailing which went out to a ll a lumni on August 291980 brought in
1695 gifts to ta lling $33612-a do ll a r
added to them and in some cases the use
of their own letterheads elicited a response
from a further 1649 alumni (up 22 9 per
cent over 1979) who between them contributed $35959 a massive 361 per
cent increase over last year Jack GalJin OA C 47 Chairman of
the class agent divi sion a nd al l his hard
working agents ca n bask in glory for a few
moments while they contemplate the task
they have se t themselves for 198 1 Doubtless they will rise to th e occasion
A few eyebrows were raised by th e use of a to ngue-in-ch eek reca ll notice whi c h
went o ut to tardy respo ndents implying a
fault in the mailing itself and promising
correctio n Th is so mewhat li ght-hear ted
approach appa rently appea led to the overwhelming majority of those who
received it and we may see more of such
imaginative m aili ng pi eces in the future F und raisers perennia lly ago nize over the
precise wording of their va riou s appea ls
high pressure and the recall notice scored
32 per cent bettcr than the more sober
mi ss ive of 1979
The Camp us Fund under the joint chairmanship of Marga ret Hauser OAC 46 and John Bligh collected $49279 or
166 per cent of the ove rall fund from
fac ulty professional sta ff and members of
the Uni versi ty of Guelph Staff Association
This included more tha n $10000 donatcd in specia l gifts and gifts-in-kind
The a ppeal of Dr Grant Misener OAC 35 and OYC 38 president of
Friends of Uni versi ty of Guelph Inc to
alumni residen t in the USA resulted in
275 gifts amo un ting to $24267 This
organization was incorporated to satisfy the req uirements of the Inte rna l Reve nue
Service of the US govern ment a nd to
facilitate support from alu mni residcnt in
that country In another res pect 1980 was a magic
year It carried t he total of Alma M ater
Comparison of Total Alma Mater Funds Received in Current Dollars With Constant 1971 Dollars
$300
The Bite of Inflation -- $250 ~
0 -Ie
middot 80 Funds receive d - current $s- V
V
C $200 ~ - yv ~ ~ == I-----shy- $150 ~ laquoI - --- shyE ~- ---- shylaquoI ~- - -e
f ~ ~ -- Value of funds in constant 197 1 $s -$100
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1971 1978 1979 1980
+Postal strike int errupted 1975 campaign_
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Funds rrom all sources since its inception past the $2000000 mark More tha n just money this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the University a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture
The gross figures are impressive Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qua rter or a million dollars each Schola rships and Awards come to $461767 and $ 135 000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program $100000 went to the Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Project while library acqui sitions now tota l $66983 A tota l or $111 308 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers itys a rt collection
Arboretum development accounted ror $110570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60000 rrom the Fund The Athletic Program the OV c Clinic Semin ar Room College Advancement Projects Drama London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or the Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni
Al location or funds is decided by the Alma Ma ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives seven ex-orric io members a nd one appointed representative It is their job to consider the various requ ests a nd draw up a ta ble or priorities based on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the disa ster rigure incrementing by $5 000 steps to the sublime peaks whic h a re reached onl y ir everything works to perrection
This was certa inly a sublime pea k yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion Details a re shown in a separa te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share
Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd measured by those stand ards the 1980 Alma Mate r Fund rates high-a worthy cause a sense or pa rticipa tion by a ll concerned a high percentage response success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tions ra ther than a handful or heroic givers unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or admini stration costs
Too orten rund raising is a chore a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or guilt The Un iversity or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund On the other hand grows a nd will continue to grow rrom strength to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom the chairman or the camshypaign to the $10 donor Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it 0
Highlights bull New record established with 5616 girts amounting to $296567-highest
girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund bull Overall pa rticipa tion was 212 per cent with a girt average or $5281 bull Century Club members contributed 1077 leadership girts tota lling
$187 944 or 63 per cent or girt total bull Faculty and starr participation in the Campus Fund was 48 2 per cent with
a girt average or $8366 bull O AC alumni pa rticipation or 255 per cent topped both OVc and
Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 234 per cent The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range
Summary of Allocations
Scholarships Libra ry Acquisitions College Advancement Projects Alumni Stadium Small Anima l Clinic Extension a t O Vc Winegard Visiting Proressorships Arboretum Development O A C Associate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purchases Research Grants Instructional Development Program Music Program London House Athletic Progra m War Memoria l Ha ll Mac-FACS WorkStudy Project Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O Vc Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects
Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries
1980 1969-80 $ 71 152 $ 461767
43135 166983 35000 70000 20000 240391 20000 20000 15000 135000 14502 363800 12061 13091 11510 111 308 10946 15946 10000 10000 6000 39782 5000 33519 4748 14170
60000 10000
100400 35000
9000 3250
17513 95876
$296567 $2009283
Summary of Alumni Support 1980
Total Change Gifts 7980
OAC 2370 + 9 9 O Vc 604 - 02 Mac-FACS 1060 + 40 Arts amp Science 1029 +126 FacultySta rr 342 - 116
5405 Other credits 211
5616
AI_ma Mater Fund 1980 girt tota l Alumni associations special projects Alumni a nd raculty bequests and endowments Total a lumni support in 1980 Wintario ma tching grants Gra nd total
Amount ~iven
$119512 35635 36963 20740 40037
252888 43679
$296567
Change 7980
+12 3 +121 + 6 2 +334 +228
+103
$296567 1435
25000 $323002
14204 $337206
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The CBS University Centre booth
College Royal 81
There were youngsters galore
The campus cannon was suitably allired Campus tours were popular
College Royal Lecturer Dr David Suzuki in Action
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A transparent beehive with live bees
There were parties for alumni and their families
Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
Ukrainian egg painting demonstration Sunshine and fresh air at the U of G Arboretum
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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Funds rrom all sources since its inception past the $2000000 mark More tha n just money this represents a two million dollar vote or conridence in the University a nd a sta tement or ra ith in its ruture
The gross figures are impressive Since 1969 both Alumni Stadium a nd the Arboretum Centre have benerited to the tune or nearly a qua rter or a million dollars each Schola rships and Awards come to $461767 and $ 135 000 was provided ror the Vi siting Proressor Program $100000 went to the Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Project while library acqui sitions now tota l $66983 A tota l or $111 308 was spent on a rt acquisitions and the new ca ta logue on the Univers itys a rt collection
Arboretum development accounted ror $110570 and improvements to War Memorial Hall drew $60000 rrom the Fund The Athletic Program the OV c Clinic Semin ar Room College Advancement Projects Drama London House and the Music Progra m were a ll recipients or substantial su ms during tha t period - all courtesy or the Alma Ma ter Fund and the generosity or a lumni
Al location or funds is decided by the Alma Ma ter Fund Advisory Council which consists or 15 College a lumni representatives seven ex-orric io members a nd one appointed representative It is their job to consider the various requ ests a nd draw up a ta ble or priorities based on anticipa ted proceeds rangi ng all the way rrom what might be called the disa ster rigure incrementing by $5 000 steps to the sublime peaks whic h a re reached onl y ir everything works to perrection
This was certa inly a sublime pea k yea r with every project receiving its rull a lloca tion Details a re shown in a separa te column and nothing could be more satisrying than to be a ble to tell every donor tha t their own pet project will be recei ving its rull share
Proress iona l rund raisers have their own criteria ror a good campaign a nd measured by those stand ards the 1980 Alma Mate r Fund rates high-a worthy cause a sense or pa rticipa tion by a ll concerned a high percentage response success based on a large number or rel a tively painless don a tions ra ther than a handful or heroic givers unlimited enthusiasm on the part or all the orga nizers and the minimum or admini stration costs
Too orten rund raising is a chore a n emba rrassment and an exerci se in the exploita tion or guilt The Un iversity or Guelph Alm a Mater Fund On the other hand grows a nd will continue to grow rrom strength to strength because it clearl y represents the desire or those who ma ke it happen - rrom the chairman or the camshypaign to the $10 donor Ir it did not a lread y exist it would be necessary to invent it 0
Highlights bull New record established with 5616 girts amounting to $296567-highest
girt a mount in the 12-year history or the Fund bull Overall pa rticipa tion was 212 per cent with a girt average or $5281 bull Century Club members contributed 1077 leadership girts tota lling
$187 944 or 63 per cent or girt total bull Faculty and starr participation in the Campus Fund was 48 2 per cent with
a girt average or $8366 bull O AC alumni pa rticipation or 255 per cent topped both OVc and
Mac-FACS alumni who tied with 234 per cent The newer colleges had a modest improvement to the 11 per cent range
Summary of Allocations
Scholarships Libra ry Acquisitions College Advancement Projects Alumni Stadium Small Anima l Clinic Extension a t O Vc Winegard Visiting Proressorships Arboretum Development O A C Associate Diploma Centennial Awards Art Purchases Research Grants Instructional Development Program Music Program London House Athletic Progra m War Memoria l Ha ll Mac-FACS WorkStudy Project Mac-FACS 75th Anniversa ry Proj ect Clinic Seminar Room at O Vc Residence Lirc Dra ma Projects Sundry Projects
Incl udes Commemorat ive Gifts and London Bursaries
1980 1969-80 $ 71 152 $ 461767
43135 166983 35000 70000 20000 240391 20000 20000 15000 135000 14502 363800 12061 13091 11510 111 308 10946 15946 10000 10000 6000 39782 5000 33519 4748 14170
60000 10000
100400 35000
9000 3250
17513 95876
$296567 $2009283
Summary of Alumni Support 1980
Total Change Gifts 7980
OAC 2370 + 9 9 O Vc 604 - 02 Mac-FACS 1060 + 40 Arts amp Science 1029 +126 FacultySta rr 342 - 116
5405 Other credits 211
5616
AI_ma Mater Fund 1980 girt tota l Alumni associations special projects Alumni a nd raculty bequests and endowments Total a lumni support in 1980 Wintario ma tching grants Gra nd total
Amount ~iven
$119512 35635 36963 20740 40037
252888 43679
$296567
Change 7980
+12 3 +121 + 6 2 +334 +228
+103
$296567 1435
25000 $323002
14204 $337206
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The CBS University Centre booth
College Royal 81
There were youngsters galore
The campus cannon was suitably allired Campus tours were popular
College Royal Lecturer Dr David Suzuki in Action
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A transparent beehive with live bees
There were parties for alumni and their families
Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
Ukrainian egg painting demonstration Sunshine and fresh air at the U of G Arboretum
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
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By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
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ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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Grand Champion at the Livestock Show A new event this year - flower arranging
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
Czowsk i the edilOr
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
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By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
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Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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magazine and was part of that organization until 1964
Since then he has been involved with radio television and among numerous other enterprises writing books This Country in the Morning
radio show on CBC made Gzowski a part of just about every Canadian household over his three-year tenure from 1971-74 During the writers university years Peter Gzowski was part of the family Essays were sketched out seminars prepared and housework done while listening to his banter interviews and general information dealing Listeners learned more about their fellow Canadians and what was happening across Canada through the interviews contests and the many letters from listeners that Gzowski used to make the mornings slide by
What is it in this electronic instant age that a ma n of Peter Gzowskis experience and background can offer to the University of Guelph Im a resource person who should be exploited
given him a playing field on which to develop and test his many talents
Peter Gzowski won scholarships to attend the University of Toronto in order to study science and mathematics When he handed in his first English essay the professor said he hoped that whatever Peter planned to do in the future did not include writing An ina uspicious sta rt for a top jou rna list
Gzowski took a break from university studies and tried his hand at earning a living Part of this work break had him toiling on a newspaper
in Kapuskasing Ontario for about a year When he returned to the U of T he worked on the police desk at The Telegram during the night shift and studied in the daytime
IronicaJly this was the only year he had first-class honours Also the first
essay he submitted for an English course was read aloud in class as an example of how to write a n essay
The following year he was elected editor of The Varsity the student newspaper Engineering was his intended career however after leaving university Peter Gzowski became a newspaper man He rose quickly in the
ranks and at the age of 23 was managing editor of a Chatham Ontario paper He moved on to Macleans
By Judy Carson Arts 75
L adies and gentlemen may I present the visiting professor who will be
with the Department of English for a few weeks during the Fall semester 198 I Peter Gzowski wri ter edi tor publisher newspaper and radio journalist and by his own definition a middle-aged Polish gentleman
The hypnotic Gzowski drawl belies the actual dynamism of the speaker An inquiring mind a curious nature and a need to strive for excellence drive this soft-spoken man to achieve goal after goal
There have been some achievements that have failed to meet his expectations and some ventures that were definitely not designed for Gzowskis touch However 25 years of working in every
facet of the communications business has turned Peter Gzowski into a walking encyclopedia The development has been a mutual affair The media business has
8 Sketch reproduced with permission or Hurtig Publishers Calgary
for my knowledge offers Gzowski As a visiting professor Gzowski
would like to combine a personal retrospective with the how to aspect of his work He hopes that it will be not only a time for renection and assessment
of his own development but also an opportunity to give some solid effective advice to budding writers and journalists This comes from a general desire to pass on information and a genuine concern for what he sees as a deterioration in journalistic writing
Just what has caused this decline in the quality of journalistic writing and reporting1 Gzowski feels that it is difficult to pinpoint any specific pattern or ca use bu t perha ps the aspect of society that has demanded instant news reporting and analysis or events is the main cause
This type of immediacy is handled best on television a nd radio Both tend to be superficial even shallow to meet this need They are important vehicles for conveying informa tion to a wide audience but they preclude any real
depth of research and analysis by the very rapid techniques used to get information to the public Newspapers are in much the same sort of bind however they can and should st ill be able to convey information in a style of high quality
It is the slip in the quality of writing that bothers Gzowski Two generations have now grown up relying on television and radio as their main sources of information This may have lessened their faculty to be astute critics of quality reporting especially where the written word is concerned Certainly educational institutions have become very aware of the inability of students to read comprehensively or write clearly and accurately
Gzowski sees that his role as visiting professor will be to analyse how
he and other successful journalists do their job and then convey this to -students or others who wish to be better writers Hoping that he wont be considered a cra nk he is seriously thinking of giving the general theme of Nobodys Any Good Any More to his
lecture series It is not a matter of middle age nostalgia but a renective a na lysis of the sta te of the cra ft
How does he propose to structure
Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
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By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
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Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
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Alum ni We ekend
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Sum mer Campus 1st week
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Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
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Czowski the writer
his time at the University Atthe moment he is not certain but it seems that a series of lectures some open to the public plus less formal workshops ccntred on the theme of how to achieve good journa lism will allow him to cover the large area we generally call the media This is a term th a t Gzowski vehemently dislikes beca use he feels it is so often misused Journali sm is the act of gathering informa tion and then reporting it by one or another of the many means available He has worked in them a ll
I know how books work Ive edited written sold and now I publish books Gzowski believes it is probabl y worth something to someone at Guelph to be able to phone him or come and see him to ask wh a t to do with a manuscript in progress The Department of English also believes that it is worth something as they are wholeheartedly behind his proposed ideas
Did he set out to be a media person G70wski winces and quickly replies Please dont use that term He just writes stuff down tailors it edits it and presents it to people either by talking about it on radio or in written form The vi siting professorship will allow him to stand back a nd analyse just how he does thi s He hopes that the ensuing process and results will be of some use to those who listen and seek his advice Journalism in its man y forms is an educational forum through the process of finding information and passing it on Its crfectiveness depends on how well the process is carried out
Of all the forms of journalism he has been involved with Gzowski says
th a t radi o and books give him the most pleasure Mainly due to the diversit y of the two Radios immediacy and appeal to the current events of society br ing about both sa tisfying a nd interesting rewards Int erviewe rs get to ta lk with people who are involved with ideas and projects t ha t the int erviewer and the public have no ins ide knowledge of other than this journalistic contact Books on the other ha nd demand a more intense amount of research and allow a depth of reflection that is a lu xury for radio or televi sion journal ist s There is a different sa tisfac tion derived from creating a book
Radio hold s a very special spot in Gzowski s working life He thinks that he ha s almost a firehorse response to any request to do radio work He enjoys being asked to sit in for Barbara Frum on As It Happens Although this show is very much geared to Frums style G zowski ca rries off the guest spots with seeming effortlessness in hi s unique style
Philosophica lly he states that he lea rned as a teenager t ha t he cou Id reach only a limited level of proficiency at some things Accepting th ese limits is a fact of reality Peter Gzowski is a rea listic man He is a lso a n imag inative person who has an overwhelming li st of projects on the go His most current one is a book centred around his and Canadas favourite sport - hockey
Im just a washed up jock Like many men who grew up in Canada G zowski wa s a darn good hockey player as a youngster His avid interest in the sport has continued into adulthood NHL dreams were just that Those
drea ms are shared by a large number or hockey fans H~ is interested in the aspect of hockey that ma kes heroes out of youthrul Canadian rnales
His book in the making should be out in the Fa ll It will bc more than just a book about hockey Months of research included going on the road with the ~dmonton Oil ers and getting a first hand look at hockey hero Way ne Gretsky The ingredients for an unusual look at Canadians a nd th eir fav ourite pastim e are in th e hands of a craftsman who probably knows the subject Illatter better than most If our national identity can be defined Gzowski will get it down
Films book publi shing magazine editing a nd radio shows are the proj ects that fill hi s days Helping writers and editors sort out their day-to-da y problems is a rnajor part of a G70wski day However fo r a short time this fall Peter Gzowski will fill his days inhabiting the ivory tower of academe a t Guelph After all we re all academics together sa ys Professo r Gzowski Im sewing patches on my tweed jacket Oh yes and getting a pipe Also [m thinking about acquiring an English setter to si t at my side and every evening you will find me taking sherry in th e Faculty Club
I doubt that thi s turtleneckshywea rin g cigarette-smoking wit will change his sty le or that the beer drinkers and pipe smokers in thc - ac ulty Club will change theirs but I cant wait for th e discu ssion on Nobodys Any Good An y More to beg in 0
Czowsk i the edilOr
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
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By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
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nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
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Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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Activities of the College
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Sum mer Campus 1st week
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AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
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electrolyte
Fuel Cells Efficient Energy Conversion
By Mary Cocivera
Your two-passenger car has just transported you to another city 60 km away and desperately needs a refill You drive past the old fashioned pump-type gas station where unleaded regulpr gas is going for a bargain $2 a litre Your old car used that kind of fuel but rising prices and pollution taxes on internal combustion engines convinced you to switch to a fuel cell vehicle The speed isnt much to brag about but you love the quiet ride and the pollution-free exhaust Hold it - theres the hydrogen canister outlet You pull in unhitch your depleted hydrogen canister replace it with a full one and youre good for another 100 km of silent pollution-free driving
I s thi s scenario 1990 or science fiction At least parts of this future may be less
than ten years away Fuel cell vehicles are a working proposition today but their widesp read use depends more on economics than technology Fuel cells after all powered the electrical equipment in the Apollo moon expedition but admittedly cost was not a factor
The fuel cell vehicle will have to compete favourably with the conventional interna l combustion engine in production maintenance and running costs Todays fuel cells are too expensive to compete with conventional energy systems but research in progress at the University of Guelph and other centres may eventually lead to technological breakthroughs that could lower the cost of fuel cells and encourage more widespread use
What is a Fuel Cell
Fuel cells convert stored chemical energy directly into electrical energy I n a hydrogen oxyge n fuel cell for example the hydrogen a nd oxygen react to form water The reaction releases stored chemical energy which is converted to electrical energy that flows through an external circuit
The fuel cell converts energy without combustion Because the reaction proceeds without the production of heat most of the chemical energy is availa ble for conversion to electrical energy A combustion reaction on the other hand produces a great deal of heat much of which cannot be harnessed as energy
Electrolytic cells such as lead acid ba tteries and fuel cells generate electricity through direct energy conversion A fuel cell is continually supplied with a fuel like hydrogen or methane and will produce electricity as long as the fuel is ava ilable A lead acid battery in contrast contains its fuel supply within and will continue to operate only as long as those chemicals last It can usually be returned to its original state by recharging with electricity
High Efficiency
Theoretically fuel cells can convert chemical to electrical energy at 100 per cent efficiency On the other hand generating electricity from fossil fuels by traditional methods involves energy losses In the best modern plants this process operates at about 40 per cent efficiency overall
The difference in the efficiency of the two systems can be explained with the laws of thermodynamics The first law states that energy exists in many different forms and can be converted from one form into another
The second establishes limitations on the efficiency at which energy can be interconverted It states that continuous conversion of heat into work by a device which receives heat from a source at higher temperature is possible only when part of the heat is transferred into a heat sink at lower temperature In other words some of the energy of the system is doomed to be shylost 100 per cent efficiency is impossible even under ideal conditions
The second law applies only to systems in which there is a transfer of heat Because fuel cells operate at constant temperature (without the transfer of heat) they are not subject to the theoretical limitations Or
efficiency imposed by the second law In practice fuel cells are not 100 per cent
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
-I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I I BOOKER Grahame I A rts 80 C a m bridge
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I BOOKER Grahame Arts 80 Cambridge
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I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
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I HURLBUT Christine
I Arts 74 Toronto
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I HURLBUT Christine Arts 74 Toronto
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I MILNE ( Dennison) Lorn a OAC 56 Bra mptun
I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
I PATCHETT Brian I PATCHETT Brian I
I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
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First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
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810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
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efficient but the potential to achieve relatively high operating efficiency is one of their attractive features
Electrode Alternatives
One barrier to widespread use of fuel cells is high cost due largely to the use of platinum for thc electrodes Platinum is by far the best electrode material known so far but it is estimated that world deposits of platinum would equip only enough fuel cells to supply one per cent of electrical power needs
In the hydrogenoxygen fuel cell platinum electrodes allows the oxidation of hydrogen to proceed in a two-electron step and the reduction of oxygen to proceed in a four-electron step With other metals as electrodes these reactions proceed in one-and two-electron steps
H 2 - 2H+ + 2eshy
O2 + 4e- + 4H+ - 2H20
Professor Patrick Henry with the College of Physical Science Department of Chemistry is trying to develop a substitute for platinum electrodes One possibility is carbon electrodes coated with a catalyst an organometallic ruthenium compound Ruthenium forms an iron-containing forrocene complex that can withstand repeated cycles of the fuel cell reaction without itself decomposing
The ca talyst acts as an electron storehouse ena bl ing the reduct ion of oxygen to proceed in a four-eectron step as it does at a platinum electrode
Ruthenium explains Dr Henry is fairly abundant and somewhat less expensive than platinum We have synthesized the ruthenium catalyst and are now developing techniques for attaching the compound firmly to a carbon electrode It will be practical only if we use the catalyst very efficiently
This research into electrode systems is supported by a strategic grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and a grant from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Dr Henry is collaborating with an electrochemist at the University of Delaware to develop a working fuel cell based on these theoretically promising systems
Fuel Alternatives
The hydrogen oxygen fuel cell system is the most highly developed but there is no reason why fuels such as methane other
hydrocarbons and organic compounds couldnt be oxidized in appropriately designed fuel cells Looking for a solution to pulp and paper mill pollution Dr Henry envisioned a concept for a fuel cell tha t would attack the pollution problem and generate electrical power at the slme time
Aqueous wastes from pulp mills are loaded with lignin a component of wood which burns easily but is not biodegradable When introduced into streams lakes and rivers the lignin is a serious pollutant Professor Henry is investigating fuel cell systems that would oxidize the dissolved lignin The overall reaction would produce carbon dioxide and water
This project was funded in part by a three-year contract from the Co-operative Pollution Abatement Board of the Ministry of the Environment
In a similar way organic wastes from food processing plants would powcr fuel cells envisioned by Professor Edward Janzen Chairman Department of Chemistry Efnuent from food processing plants contains dissolved sugars and starches which pose a serious environmental threat to lakes and rivers Dr Janzen prefers to view these dissolved organic materials as a source of energy
As a first step towards designing a working fuel cell Dr Janzen is developing a system that will oxidize the simple sugar glucose using as a catalyst nitrobenzene an electron-poor organic compound The nitrobenzene molecules are chemically attached to a carbon electrode which is just chemically active enough to bind the catalyst groups but not reactive enough to enter into the on-going fuel ceH reaction This research project funded by a strategic grant from NSERC could lead to development of versatile fuel cell systems for small communities as well as food processing plants
Fuel of the Future
It was the potential efficiency of fuel cell systems that prompted Chemistry professor Robert Boyd to become interested in fuel cells that use hydrogen gas as a fuel Hydrogen is an attractive substitute for fossil fuels It is transportable burns at a high temperature and leaves behind a mere whiff of water vapour Hydrogen gas is highly explosive as was vividly demonstrated by the Hindenburg accident in 1937 but according to Dr Boyd many of the technical problems of handling this capricious gas have been solved in recent years
Unlike fossil fuels hydrogen does not
occur naturally and its manufacture by the electrolysis of water or other means costs energy Like all fuels hydrogen is an energy currency-it can be carried around and spent for usable energy in either a fuel cell or an internal combustion engine
Dr Boyd is interested in developing a chemical system for the low cost manufacture of hydrogen gas from water by utilizing waste heat from nuclear reactors and other industrial installations Availability of low cost hydrogen will facilitate implementation of hydrogen oxygen fuel cell systems in the future
Research Priorities
Many technical and economic barriers prevent fuel cells from becoming a major source of electrical power at the present time Small fuel cells are available now and Dr Janzen is guardedly optimistic that larger fuel cell installations could eventually supplement existing electrical power grids Even relatively small scale generating plants could provide some of the power needs of individual companies or respond to peak load demands Used in conjunction with solar collectors or windmills fuel cells could generate electricity from hydrogen gas that is produced when the sun shines or the wind blows providing electrical output at night or on cloudy or windless days
Developing suitable electrode materials and finding effective catalyst systems-two problems Guelph chemists are tackling-are essential goals if fuel cells are to become economically competitive with other power sources Other research priori ties include developi ng a ppropria te semi-permeable membranes to separate the anode from thc cathode and developing corrosion-resistant materials for casings a nd gaskets
Appealing Alternative
In this era of galloping technology fuel cells present a simple noiseless efficient energy alternative-if scientists at Guelph and elsewhere can solve the technical problems that remain shy
Fuel cells helped man reach the moon They may eventually propel pollution-free vehicles deal a blow to water pollution and help us squeeze every last kilowatt-hour from our back yard windmills Breakthroughs from current research efforts could advance the fuel cell from a promising possibility to a realistic economical energy alternative 0
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
By D o n Jo s e OAC 49
I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
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I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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contd
da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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Planning and Development he says wiU offer unique opportunity for New Dean of CSS inter-disciplinary studies in a related areltl
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I mproving the quality or the BA program is a must for Dr John
Vanderkamp the new Dean of the College of Social Science His most immedi ate concerns are very practical on es the budget for the upcoming academic year space in the building and setting longer term budget priorities
He clearly looks forward with anticipation to the next five years His enthusiasm for the future of the College and for his role in it comes through in his conversation
He hopes to maintain his contact with students through continuing to teach although he does not have ltlny courses this semester Tha t is probably just as well for as he says it takes a while to sort out all the demands on the timc of a dean and to set realistic allocations as well as familiarizing oneself with the routine of the deans office In addition he will be retaining for another year the role of editor of the journal Canadian Public PolicyAnalyse de Poliliqlles which he founded in 1974 The bilingual JournltJl which is published qUltlrterly by the University of Toronto Press concerns itself with economics and public administration topics
An economist Professor Vanderkamp succeeds a noth er economist Professor Jack Skinner as Dean of the College In response to a comment a bout the fact of one economist succeeding another Professor Vanderkamp merely smiled and quoted one of his colleltJgues in the College from another discipline who sltlid that next time it will have to be someone from
He notes that a recent study on campus emphasized the need for specially designed science courses for BA students Some such courses have been discontinued in favor of mainstream courses that ass ume a deeper understanding of the subject than some students bring to introductory courses There is also he sa ys a growing interest in reinstating a firm requirement for both mathematics and English as admission credits
His interest in undergraduate students and u ndergrad ua te progra ms is clea riy evident It is imperative to improve the quality of the BA program he says
Such improvement could come from two different directions in Dean Vanderkamps view--admission standards
Dean John VanderkamfJ
and course content He suggests the need to re-examine the options and choices offered in-course stud ents with the possibility of a school for liberal studies Setting tougher admission standards he observes may even enhance enrolment since prospective students perceivc the courses offered in a more favourable light if admission is more difficult
Professor Vanderkamp prefaces his comments about student quality by outlining the need for studies on student success rates in an effort to find out which students do best at university This would include a look at the subjects that have been studied and grades obtained in secondary school Dean Vanderkamp says there is a need for research that will clarify how direct a correlation exi sts between academic performance in high school and subsequent university performance Another needed study would look at the students who fail to complete university and attempt to identify the reason whether academic or personal
Professor Vanderkamp holds well formed opinions about graduate studies and their place in the CSS As a College it is very important that we do something about it he says when the subject arises He points out that unlike some other colleges on campus the CSS offers much the same programs that students could obtain at other universities We need to differentiate the product he says to do things that our specia l resources make possible here that cannot ea sily be duplicated elsewhere
He points to a number of examples of the kind of possibilities he has in mind The recently established School of Rural
Ot her possi bili ties i ncl ude co-opera t ion between departments within the CSS and fac ulty members in the College of Family and Consumer Studies and in the School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education
Another idea that interests Professor Vanderkamp is the possibility of including some sort of practicum or other hands-on experience in certain MA programs Thi s might be somewhat in the nature of the co-operative study programs at the undergraduate level and would be particularly useful in Master programs that are intended to be terminal and lead into the workplace rather than lead into further graduate stud y
He would like to investigate the possibility of closer co-ordination of the efforts of the dean of the College and the dean of Graduate Studies in relation to the role of graduate students within the College and he says there is need for morc financial support for graduate students
Professor Vanderkamp came to Guelph from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and has served as chairman of the Department of Economics since th a t time His teaching responsibilities have been in the areas of principles of economics applied economics economics of the labor market economics of labor and industrial relations economic statistics and Canadian economic issues He also has found time to serve since 1972 on the executive council of the Canadian Economics Association
Of his 18 published research papers one involved a two-year stud y of labor mobility begun in 1974 under a $60000 grant from the Economic Council of Canada and the Canada Council Professor Vanderkamp has currently six more papers in progress
The Dean received hi s Bach Ec Sc degree from the Free University of Amsterdam in 1957 an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1959 and his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1964 He was a Visiting Fellow to the University of Essex in 1969 and to the University of York England in -1976
As an ex officio member of Senate from 1971 Dr Vanderkamp has served on a number of Senate committees and as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies from 1975 to 1976 He continued to serve as chairman of the Board of Undergraduate Studies until he was appointed Dean 0
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Innovation the
Key Word
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By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
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For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
-I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I I BOOKER Grahame I A rts 80 C a m bridge
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I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
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I MILNE ( Dennison) Lorn a OAC 56 Bra mptun
I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
I PATCHETT Brian I PATCHETT Brian I
I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
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~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
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ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
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ADDRESS CORRECTION
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movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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Innovation the
Key Word
at Guelph
By Don Jose OAC 49
T he University of Guelph was founded as an innovative university as shown by
its original decision to follow the three-semester system in many academic programs That innova tive role still persists more than a decade and a half later with a constant and consistent evolution of new academic programs and fresh emphasis in some older ones During the past year a number of significant developments have occurred
Co-operative education programs whereby students spend prescribed periods of time in study-related jobs interspersed between study semesters will begin at Guelph in the fall of 1981 Such programs elsewhere have proven valuable to students as an introduction to the environment of the work place and useful to employers in choosing permanent employces
The University of Guelphs threeshysemester system provides an ideal scheduling format for such a system according to Vice-President Academic Howard Clark In recent years the Board of Undergradute Studies has encouraged program committees to introduce courses that involve a hands on experience by the student The co-operative program will extend that initiative
At first co-operative studies will be offered in five degree programs BA Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Major Honours in Computing and Information Science Minor in Business Administration BSc Honours Applied Chemistry BSc Honours Microbiology and BSc (Agr) Applied Microbiology Major
Students will have to meet specified
academic standards for admission to and continuance in thcse co-operative programs I n addition their on-the-Job progress wiil be monitored by a faculty representative and an employer representative with the studcnt being required to submit acceptable work reports
The University will provide staff support for counselling co-ordination of thc workstudy terms student placement in suitable work experience situations and evaluation of the work term reports The employer will accept responsibility in the education and training of future manpower including participation in performance evaluation and on co-operative education advisory committees
In addition to the five programs listed above which start in the fall semester of 1981 additional proposals are coming forward for other co-operative programs These additional programs however would not begin before the fall of 1982 at the earliest They have not yet been considered by the Board of Undergraduate Studies and if approved at that level will later go forwa rd for considera t ion by Sena teo
Additional programs being formulated for consideration include a number of majors within the BSc (Agr) Program Agricultural Business Agricultural Economics Animal and Poultry Science and Dairy Science
In all the co-operative programs being implemented or proposed the requirements for continuation in the program and for graduation remain the same as for students not under the co-operative program with the addition that a satisfactory report on each work period must have been received
A number of new academic programs
some of them inter-departmental introduced during the past year offer increased scope to bot h students and faculty The Scho)l of Rural Planning and Development will offer programs in Rural Planning Rural Development and Resources Development that will cater to a wide range of student interests Programs offered in the School will include new methodology and theory courses in planning and development as well as such special courses as public administration for smaller communities The school will also make use of practicums and internships It is possible to teach some skills and methods but the student also needs to get out of the classroom says Professor Mark Lapping director of the new School
The new interdisciplinary Settlement Studies Program will provide study of the form function planning and development of human settlements It is administered by the Department of Geography and is available as a Minor within the Honours BA Program or as a general BA Major A wide selection of courses offered by Agricultural economics Consumer studies (housing) Economics Geography History Landscape Architecture Political Studies and Sociology cncourages students to dcvelop intercsts in various aspects of the study of settlemcnts
Graduatcs of this program will be well prepared for advanced study in urban regional and rural planning or community development An appropriate selection of electives may lead to employment opportunities in the housing community services and community dcvelopment fields
The minor in Physical Geography provides a sequence of courses which focus on the physical and biological processes operating on the surface of the earth The minor is particularly suitable for students majoring in Biology Resources Management Parks and Wildlife and Engineering but it should provide a useful background for anyone with an interest in environmental problems and land use planning
The BSc Honours Minor in Biomedical Science will provide an attractive complement to a wide range of scien~e majors These could range from -specialists in chemistry biochemistry or physics with an interest in medicine to nutritionists and even psychologists who have an interest in drug action Graduates could find careers in hospital services medical research laboratories and similar areas The minor provides an excellent background for students who may wish to proceed to a degree in Medicine Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine 0
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
r r - I I ISenate Ballot Form Senate Ballot FormI I I
For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
-I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I I BOOKER Grahame I A rts 80 C a m bridge
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I BOOKER Grahame Arts 80 Cambridge
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I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
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I HURLBUT Christine
I Arts 74 Toronto
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I HURLBUT Christine Arts 74 Toronto
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I MILNE ( Dennison) Lorn a OAC 56 Bra mptun
I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
I PATCHETT Brian I PATCHETT Brian I
I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
5Ju QOI~
~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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Election of Alumni to Senate Regulations Governing Election
All alumni sha ll be ellgible to vote provlding they have graduated from the University of Guelph or the founding Colleges Alumni membe rs of faculty at the University of Guelph or full- or part-time students enrolled in a program under the jurisdiction of the Sena te of the University of Guelph ma y not vote in the election of alumni to Senate if they have participated in the c ur rent election of facuity or the election of students to Senate There shall be a minimum of one and a maximum of three elected a lumni from anyone of the undernoted alumni bodies
(a) Macdon a ld Institute or its successor the College of Family a nd Cons umer Studies (b) The Ontario Agricultural College (c) The Onta rio Veterinary College (d) As a group the Colleges of Arts Social Science a nd Wellington College-BA degree (e) As a group the Co lleges of Biological Science Physica l Science and Wellington College-BSc degree
Each yea r the three-year terms of office of three of the nine alumni senators expire Retiring August 31 1981 are Gordon B Henry OAC 34 Mary (Robertson) McGillivray Mac 36 and John R Flegg Arts 68 The terms of office of Charles (Chuck) Broadwell OAC 54 William (Bill) Tolton OAC 36 and Dr Robert (Herb) Wright OVC 38 will expire August 311982 Pa ul D Ferguson CPS 67 Robin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Richard Young Arts 76 will sit on Senate until August 311983
Voting Instructions Please vote for a max imum of three candidates on the ba llot form Voting sha ll be by an x or checkmark Any mark on a ballot other tha n those required for marking the voters preference sha ll ma ke the ballot null and void
The completed ba llot form should be clipped and placed in an envelope on which you are requested to put your name a nd year in the upper le ft-h a nd corner To facilitate voting by an a lumnus whose s pouse is also an alumnus of the University of Guelph and who therefore jointly receive only one coy of the Cuelph Alumnus two ballot forms are provided A joint return (two ballots in the sa me envelope) is acceptable only if the name College and year of graduation of both voters are on the envelope Address to Box S E Alumni Office University Centre University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I sta mp and mail
An on-campus polling booth in Branion Plaza (or rain location) will be open between the hours of 1100 am a nd 130 pm on Saturday Jun e 21 durin g Alumni Weekend Ballot forms and envelopes will be available at the booth On rece ipt a t the Alumni Office e ligibility to vote will be verified The sealed envelopes wiJi be opened on or after June 231981 a nd the ballots counted by sc rutin eers appointed by the Executive Committee of the University of Guelph Alumni Association Only valid ballots with vote r name College and year of graduation on the enclosure envelope received on or before tha t da te will be counted
r r - I I ISenate Ballot Form Senate Ballot FormI I I
For election of three a lumni to Se nate University of For election of three alumni to Senate University ofI I I Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing Sepshy Guelph for the three-yea r term commencing SepshyI Itember I 198 1 See page 15 for biographical tember I 1981 See page 15 for biographical
I sketches of candidates Vote for a maximum of three I sketches of ca ndida tes Vote for a maximum of three
nominees One ballot per voter nominees One ballot per voterI I
-I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I NAME OF NOMINEE VOTE I I BOOKER Grahame I A rts 80 C a m bridge
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I BOOKER Grahame Arts 80 Cambridge
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I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
I CHAN Philip FACS (HAFA) 75 Guelph
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I HURLBUT Christine
I Arts 74 Toronto
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I HURLBUT Christine Arts 74 Toronto
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I MILNE ( Dennison) Lorn a OAC 56 Bra mptun
I MILNE (Dennison) Lorna OAC 56 Brampton
I PATCHETT Brian I PATCHETT Brian I
I CSS 70 Don M il ls I CSS 70 Don Mills I
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
5Ju QOI~
~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
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August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
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ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
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movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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ALUMNI NEWS amp CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
5Ju QOI~
~ Another Western Connection The University of Guelph was one of a dozen institutions represent ed at the Sixth Eastern Universities Night ge tshytogether in Calgary in late March
Nine Guelph alumni attended the dinshyner-dance a total second only to Queens who mustered 24
Dave Bates OAC 69 the Calgary area Guelph alumni special events coshyordinator and one who will be rcmemshybered by alumni as editor of the Guelph Alumnus from 1971 to 1973 provided the accompanying photograph of the Guelph contingent and reported th a t the turnout was a little disappointing but however those of us who did show up had a good time
Doreen (Montgomery) Smith Mac 40 hit a minor jackpot by winning a door prize -- two tickets to a Calgary Flames hockey game
Dave sends warm greetin gs to everyshyone on behalf of Guelph alumni in Calgary 0
Guelph colllingelll al Calgary reunion back row 10 r are Marlyn Riddle OAC 59 Dave Bales OAC 69 Joe Manchurek CS5 7 and fain Murray HAFA 75 Front row Doreell (Montgomery) Smilh Ma c 40 Marlha (Gardener) Bell Mac 63 Theresa (Murray ) Bates Well 68 Ann Greenbal OVC 77 and Sally (S jolander) Manchurek Well 70
Biographical Sketches-Senate Candidates GRAHAME BOOKER Arts 80 has been Head Department of Modern Languages a t G alt C ollegia te Insti tute Cambridge since 1969 Grahame hold s degrees from the Universities of Sydney and ew England in Austra lia a nd was employed there with the New South Wales Department of Education for five years
PHILIP CHAN FACS (HAFA) 75 is the proprietor of Guelphs China Tiki restaurant While at the Universit y he served a three-year term as a Student Senator was one of the founding members and president of the Chinese Students Association and was the University S firs t Food Services Ombudsma n
CHRISTINE HURLBUT Arts 74 is an assistant associate consultant in womens concerns for the A nglican Church of Canada She devotes her spare time to the Canadian Cancer Society and to the archives and socia l programs of her church Christine has a lso been involved with Alma Mater Fund commemorative programs
LORNA A (DENNISON) MILNE OAC 56 lives in Bra mpton where she has operated Flowertown Antiques for nine years She served an eight-year term as trustee with the Peel Boa rd of Education and is president of the N orth Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Societ y She is married to Ross Milne OAC 55
BRIAN PATCHETT CSS 70 is an admini trative consultan t for the Central West Area Onta rio M i ni~ t ry of Hea lth He is an Alma Mater Fund c lass agent for CSS Year 70 a nd was recen tly involved with the U ni versi tyS Alumni Liai son Program Brian holds a commercial pilots licence and lives in Don Mills
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
The deadline date for registrat ion is June 150
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
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Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
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AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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A Mutual Understanding
President Forst er signs agreem ent with President Harrower right
M a rch 12 was a n important day for the University o f Guelphs Rura l Developshyment Outreac h Project (RDOP) and
Alumni and Student
Recruitment The appointment of Donna Webb as alumni liaison co-ordinator herald s a new approach to student recruitment which will actively involve Guelph alumshyni The new pos ition grew out of a need for a more a c tive alumni liaison proshygram a nd more consistent contact with alumni volunteers
The objective says Donna is to provide pros pective students with the kind of on-the-spot informatio n which will help them make a wise choi ce Naturally we a re int erested in a ttractshying the best students and we feel that direc t contact with our own graduat es is an excellent fir st-ha nd source of inforshymation for st udent s considering Guelph
According to the Director of Alumshyni Affairs a nd Development John Babshycock OAC 54 Donna is an idea l c hoice to co-ordinate the program She is well known to many alumni having been actively involved with a lumni programs since 1976 as secretary to Rosema ry Clark M ac 59 assistant direc tor alumshyni programs
In her new role Donna will have
t he Centre fo r Regional Development at Lakehead University On that day Presishydent Dona ld Forster a nd Lakehead Presshyident Dr George H a rrower signed at
Guelph a Memora ndum of Understandshying between their res pective ins titut io ns to co-opera te in a number of projects for Northern Ontario
The signing officially ma rked the beginnin g of a program aimed at buildshying upon the learning and experience of the R DOP around University o utshyreac h in consultation with o rganizations a lready in pla ce in Northern Onta rio This will bring th e knowledgc educashytiona I resources and resea rch ski ll s of the University to bear upon locall y idenshytified development issu es and needs of rural communities in Nor thern Ontario
The a greement also initi ates the organization of seminars and workshops a t Lakehead University by the RDO P
equal time respon sibiliti es to both the Admissions sect ion in the Offi ce of the Registrar a nd the Alumni Office She will be co-ordinating a comprehensive alumni li a ison program working with severa l hundred alumni volunteers in ce ntres throughout the province as well as assis ting with th e a lumni prog rams of th e University of Guelph Alumni Asso-
Donna Webb
ciation and the seven C ollege alumni associations
The initial step in setting up the Alumni Liaison Program began more than a year ago when a lumni were invited to participa te in s tudent recruitshy
ment by returning a questionnaire Over
and Lakeheads Centre for Regional Development in which faculty a nd stushydents from both unive rsiti es will particishypate On the agenda will be illustra tion and di scussio n of activities of the RDOP the distance lea rning nursing educa tion project already in operation a nd other Guelph and Lakehead based work in outreach
The distance lea rning nursing edushycation project is based on a feasi bility study being undertaken by School of Agricultura l Economics and Extension Education graduate student Kay Rogers fo r delivering nursing courses to a small and scattered group of clients in northshywestern Onta rio Th e proj ect has been ad minis tered by t he Centre for Regio nal Development with support from the RDOP and also participation by Guelphs Exten sion Education and La kehea d s School of Nursing faculty 0
200 prospective vol untee rs replied and from these nin e were invited to form the Alumni Lia iso n Committee They were C hairma n Bob Esc h CPS 70 Jim Ashshyman OVC 73 Harry Drung CSS 72 Elain e Kerr Mac 69 Ken Krush Arts 73 Pa t Mig hton OAC 64 Paul Mooshyrad ian Well 68 Skip Nieman OAC 73 Peter Thompstone OAC 72 Al so on th e committee representing va riou s University areas were Dr Jim Steve ns U o f G University Committee for Li a ishyson Peter Tron CSS 69 a nd Dou g Weaver OAC 70 Offi ce of the R eg isshytrar John Babcoc k OAC 5 4 and Roseshymary Clark M ac 59 Alumni Office and Shirley Pete rson Depa rtment of Athletics
The second step in the growt h of the Alumni Liai so n Prog ram the la unching las t March of the firs t segshyment of the Volunteers in Support of Admissions (VISA) program involved the present a tion of workshops for a lumshyni liaiso n volunteers by a dmissions pershysonnel and the establishment of alumni admissions team s in seven areas of Onshytario C hath a m Windsor Guelph Ottashywa St Ca thar ines Toronto and Ingershysoll Several of the teams have a lready -hosted special events for prospective stushyde nts and their parents
Plans for the second seg ment of the VISA progra m inc lude workshops in the fall for alumni liaison volunteers in London Barri e Kingston Belleville Burlington and Oshawa Rea lizing how important it is for a a lumni to be in
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
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810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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touch with the campus in -course stushydents will beinvitcd to take an active part in the VISA program
Our a lumni liai son volunteers are mostl y recent graduates says Donna all of whom are very busy with their own careers and families We recognize that there are limits to the amount of time they will be a ble to commit to this program However we are hoping tha t volunteer a rea co-ordinators will help us maintain continuity
Alumni will assist in a variety of ways As individuals they are in co ntact with young people a nd if they are
socially involved in community activishyties that number can be large In addishytion they will be asked to respond to queries emanating from the vis its of Gu elph s admissions personnel to loca l high schools They may also serve as a local li a ison with high school guidance departments Alumni are often the very best advertisement we have for the Unishyversity Donna believes
An import ant part of her job is to keep participating alumni liaison volunshyteers supplied with information as they need it We are not expecting them to act as one-person ad missi ons depart-
Summer Campus 81 Return to your Ahlla Mater to qu enc h that thirst for knowledge which you must so often ignore in your busy everyshyday life Summer Cam[lus 81 offers specia lty courses recreatio n and entcrshytainm ent The courses are 2 1-hour freshshyer-uppers highlighters designed for yo ur own enrichment and enjoymen t What is more you can bring friends your spouse and your children because there is a program for t hem too
Savour the Moments
Sink your teeth into a subject that shows you something new For insta nce you can learn all about wild plants that arc not only edible and delici ous but arc also fascinating in their own right If you ever hoped there was another way to make a dolla r you can dabble in the fu tures ma rket with our Commod ity Trading course Taste the sa tisfa ction of speaking French with confidence or sitting down at the piano and playing a song completdy by ear Im ag ine yourshyself a master problem-solver after taking Creative Genius And if youve ever lost an a rgument yo ull apprec iate How to Negotiate with Anyone
Shady Trees a Breath of Fresh Air
and a New You
Learn something abolJt yourself The Way We Are explilins why we laugh think and blow ou r stacks Stress Management teaches us how to roll with the emotional punches and whcn you get pushed around too oflen Stand Up Speak Out Talk Back can
help yo u trade pl aces We offer practical enlightenment too For the women who want to get ahead in business there s Management Techniques for Wom en Two certi fica te cou rscs Personnel and Industria l Relations and Pupil Transshyportation Management are also ava ilshyab le Separation Survival offers semishynars on th e ins and outs of going it alone
For the Youngsters
Its better than summer camp for the youngsters They can enJoy a rich growing eX[lerience which will be trcasshyu red Va riety cha raeterizes classes for ltIf I age grou[ls from four to 15 years of age Music and l11oven1cnt ga rden i ng and gymnastics arc some of the features of Scamper Camp for fOLlr-to six middotmiddot year-olds For scvcn-to ten -year-olds Kaliedoscope the general program offers hikes films arts and crafts Odshyyssey the general program for II-a nd 14-yea r-olds introduces yo uth s to the varied resources and aspects of universishyty life through a series of ten tour workshops including beekeeping greenshyhouses and the animal science facilities More specialized workshops are also available for the two older age groups Sports and a daily sw im are in integral pa rt of a II you t h progra ms
W he n School is O ut
Adult cl ass es finish at 330 youth at 345 pm Befure dinner yo u can reaquaint yourself with Guelph and enshyvirons On the city limits you will find
ments a nd the probability is that their most important function will bc to a nshyswer general questions a bout what kind of place the University of Guelph really is about residences parking recreationshyal activities friendly atmosphere the city cultural and sports facilities
Donna has the la st word I would like very mu ch to express my gratitude to a lumni liai son volunteers for th e wa rm hospitalit y ex tended to myself an d other admissions personnel during our recent vi sits a nd for the man y hours they have already spent making student contacts an d on special area projects 0
four golf courses a nd beyond th em of co urse some of the most beautiful counshytryside in so uth ern Ontario On campus we have reserved tennis course squash courts and th e sw imming pool for our group every evening As well there are billiards and games rooms coffee lou nges and ca m pus pu bs w here you may meet old friends and make new ones And in the balmy evenings you can enjoy a barbecuc tak e a twilight tour of the campus li ste n to an outdoor band concert and eve n take in a minishyclinic in dancing or a Wa lt Disney movi e with the children
Accommodation
Participants may live off-campus but li ving in residcnee nicely rounds out th e Summer Campus 81 experience The buildings reserved arc modern and well equippcd Numcrous lounges offer billiards ta ble tenni s a nd co lour TV The front desk is at your service with infor mat ion maid telc[lhone a nd mail service Laundry ice and vending mashychines are close by for your co nvenience Par king is free Mea ls ar e served in dining hall s cl ose to yo u and mcal ticket s are prov ided for those staying in residence
Summer Campus 81 can be a n especially memorable vaca tion formiddot yo u whether you come for one week or two a lone with friends or wi th famil y rnemshybermiddots Write now for complete det a ils
Summer Campus 8 1 Station A Continuing Education Division Universit y of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
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Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
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I f yes to semi na rs what kind
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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The College of Biological Science Alumni Association
BIO-ALUMNI NEWS Editor Jane Selley Arts 70
Specialties de CBS
Wow What a
Birth ay Party
CUlling th e birthday cake
A 10th birthday is not something very remarkable Being alumni weve all had one Most of us were gangly awkward and growing like weeds We even had a scrape or two from fa lling off our bikes or out of trees which were just a bit too high
But being ten wa s a good feeling We were on the brink of maturing into that much longed-for status- a teenshyager Our thoughts were no longer on strictl y childhood matters but more often than not were preoccupied with what it was going to be like to be grown up
As most of us reali ze growing up meanS getting the whole act together To
Dean Ronald and David Suzuki
your C ollege and the College of Biologishycal Scienc A lumni Associati on recentshyly that mean t pulling a ll the CB people together into an identifiable comshymunity to celebrate the C ol lcges 10th yea r th rough Hori zons 8 1 W e wanted you to be proud of our past and future endeavo urs even the skinned knees
T he C Bs Hori zo ns 81 Com m itshytee planned a progra m of activit ies that was a purposeful blend of academ ia and just plain fun The pictures on these two pages tell thc story of the success of tha t program Ma ny of you returned to celeshybrate and remember You told how you had grown up and become successful in
Suzuki lecture in Peter Clark Hall Atthe alumni luncheon
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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President Forster starts Ihe Car Rally Winners - the Egg Drop Soup coni est
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
conld over
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contd
da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
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810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
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AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
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Festa CBS to
you r new communit ies You fos tered a pride regarding the Colleges partIcIpashyt ion in your growth To a ll of youshythanks for returning
Many of you wrote to say you couldnt a ttend bu t wanted to let us know wha t you were doing and how successfully the people at the C BS had contribu ted to you r new careers
Thc staff students and faculty were as a lways not only keen to learn but were a lso good sports T o all of you who entered the contests attended the lectures and ca me to the party we hope you enjoyed yourselves
Big birt hday parties a re seldom
Egg-Drop - from below Egg-Drop - from above
sponta neous This one was no exception Be hind the scenes before the celebration Ron Subdens committee carclull y planned and executed every last detail H e wants especially to say thanks to these people
O ur Colleges 10th year isnt over but the party is Weve all returned to the business at hand our teaching our research and our various other professhysions And like every young kid we re still excited about the prospects of fushyture growth
Have a happy tenth
Jane Selley Arts 70 Ed
Our Thanks to Everyone
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
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Sum mer Campus 1st week
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AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
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Aggie Week
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Macdonald InstituteCollege of Family and Consumer
Studies Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor Joan (Anderson) Jenkinson 66
Gwen Tonge 59 at the Womans Desk In 1978 on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of Macshydonald Institute the Mac-FACS Alumshyni Association chose to honour Dr Marshygaret Scott McCready Principal and Dean of the Macdonald Institute from 1949 to 1969 Dr McCready was preshysented with $1000 by the Association Using these fund s she initiated the Marga ret Scott McCready Atard for Humanitarian Services rendered to Anshytigua and the Caribbean in the field of Home Economics
The first recipient of the a ward was Gwendolyn (Peters) Tonge 59D who returned to the ca mpus on Alumni Weekend 78 to receive her award and to share her career experiences with her many friend s and alumni This award enabled Gwen to continue meeting the challenge of improving the quality of life in Antigua a nd the British Carribean
Gwen introduced Home Economics into the education progra m in Antigua following her course in housecraft at the Housecraft Centre a t Bridgetown Barshybados in 1948 I t has been a long challenging career for her In a recent letter she related that I have been a nurse teacher organizer and a patient helper to the needy and I can assure you that a background in Home Economics education as taught a t the University of Puerto Rico Macdonald Institute Guelph and the Housecraft Centre Barbados during the 40s and 50s gave me a solid foundation on which to build
Gwen retired as the specialist supervisor of Home Economics in the education division of Antiguas Minis try of Education Culture and Youth Afshyfairs in October 1980
September 9 1980 she conshytinued will always remai n a memorashyble date in the history of Antigu a beshycause it marks the grand official opening
of the Womens Development Centre and the Install a tion of the Women s Desk in the Ministry of Education and Culture in the State of Antigua
Gwen Tonge together with severa l other enthusiastic and determined womshyen pursued this drea m for more than three years -- it is now a rea lity with Gwen as the woman at the Womens Desk No doubt she will be a successful co-ordinator as she draws on the wealth of information a nd experience she has collected over t he yea rs
The Centres programs a re intended to develop in women an awa reness of their capabilities a nd promote their deshyvelopment in areas such as home and fa mily life health education a nd emshyployment
More About Gwen When there was a one-year course in Home Economics at Mac the cla ss of 59D was fortun a te to have Gwendolyn Tonge as a classmate Gw en had left her husband and family to struggle along at home in Antigu a and ca me to Guelph to take a course so that she could better help the people of her island home Her family s temporary loss was Antiguas permanent gain
Antigua is definitel y a paradise but
In thi s Decade of Women 1975-1985 international agencies arc very concerned about funding programs that can contribute to the development of Third World Women and so the Womens Desk will tap these reshysources
Gwen writes It is not eas y women a re womens greatest critics but they are thinking a nd so one has to have faith determination and the will to serve and when serving tr y to be honest to onesel f a nd serve al l the people - - I thank God for the bad days and the good days
G wen has indeed accepted a cha 1shyIcnging position and as fe llow alumni we wish her well as she pursues her exc iting new career 0
By Nora Stoskoph 59
early in her life Gwen wa s quick to recognize certain needs of her country Nothing is perfect and Gwens detershymined intention was a nd still is to work to help overcome poverty Since those earl y days she ha s wa tched over the island s food needs and has ta ught the people how to use the avai lable reshysources in economical efficient and atshytractive ways She has helped overcome rac ial prejudices of the have-not natives
A minor Year 59 reunion in Antigua in 1979 L to r Donna (Oliver) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silverthorn Gwen Ton ge and Nora (Young) Stoskoph
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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and the wealthy tourists She has worked tireless ly solving these problems
In November 1979 Donna (Olivshy By Mary CoclveraA First For HAF A er) Cornforth Ginny (Hyde) Silvershythorne and Nora (Young) Stoskopf classmates of Gwens visited with her in Antigua a nd observed firsth and the treshymendous impact that she has had on the island Gwen has raised the self-esteem of every islander Her example of how to live ha s been a model to everyone who knows her
Food Fairs were one of Gwens early undertakings There she prepared food with the help of island ladies demonstrating how to prepare and se rve food s tha t grew naturally on the island a nd th a t could be harvested from the ocean
Gwen visits schools where young girls are taught some cooking and sewshying skills The children bring their ow n food to school prepare it und er supervishysion and then take it home so that the whole fa mily benefits There is a small apartment available where the girls lea rn practical home management pracshytices By her work in the schools Gwen encourages young people to ca rryon their education
Being ade pt at so many things Gwen is approached rega rding protoca l when important vi sitors visit the island She is knowledgeable of her countrys agriculture the Iood industry a nd nutrishytion a nd is we ll versed on all aspects of family life
As a surroga te mot her Gwen is calm cool a nd relaxed A 15-year-old girl from Dominica whose family wa s di srupted by a hurr icane is going to sc hool in Antigua and is living with Gwen An a irline hostess is also living in hcr home Her own children have been emin ently successful
The media have helped Gwen to reach people in all areas of th e island Radio programs cover all kinds of topshyics suc h as morality education politics and mora l conduct An average day for Gwen could include a radio program a cooking show on televi sion school visits meeting vi si tors and keeping her home running smoothl y Sometimes she is very cOliltroversial but she is definitely su re of what is right a nd what is wrong shyand has the courage of her convictio ns
Gwen is a fairy god-mother to a ll who know her and it could be said that she is certainly the best known person on Antigua The impac t of Gwen Tonge has reached every person on the isl a nd - and rar beyond 0
The first class of 17 graduates from th e Institu tional Foodservice Manage ment (IFM) major in the School of Hotel and Food Administration will be a tough act to follow They re stepping from this pioneering university progra m into ma nshyagement positions in hospit als industrial caterers and foodscrvice operations in hotels industry and institutions They re hot em ployment prospec ts even before th ey graduate Last summer two thirdshyyea r students ta lked themse lves into jobs in th e CARA night kit chen in Edmonshyton because the company vi ce- president on a visit to the University was imshypressed with what they sa id about the progra m
Many of the students graduating from this major started out in the Apshyplied Human Nutrition major but were attrac ted by the administra tive focus of the new major when it beca me a va i la ble in the fall of 1978 Muc h of the IFM progra m overl aps with the Hotel a nd Food Administration major but the emshyphasis is on foodservice particularly fo r the non -profit sector The gradua tes however are by no means limited to ca reers in institutional foodservi ce
Three of the gradua ting class a nd two mem bers of th e th ird-year class have bee n acce pted into administrative dietetic int ernships Sever-a I more of the grads are entering ma nageme nt trai ning programs in large industrial catering firm s similar to VS Services Limited and in restaura nt chai ns
Ann Ha yes president of the IFM Undergraduates Club says she and her classmates a re just now becoming awa re of the enormous number of opportunities ava ilable beca use of their ma nagement background Ann has plans to head west get a bout five years ex perience in the convention busin ess then sta rt her own catering firm She ex ud es an enviashyble se lf-con fidence and vision and with her background in accounting financial a nd personnel ma nagem ent and food and beverage control there is no doubt she will do exactly what she sets out to accomplish (and probably more)
It is pa rti cu larly not eworthy that th e IFM gradua tes have bee n accepted in so many administrative di etetic inshyternships There a re only ten adm inistrashytive internships available in the entire country These one-yea r internship proshygram s are closely supervised by the
Canadian Dietetic Assoc iation and are necessa ry prerequis ites to becoming regshyis tered - a professio na l designation valuable for those who have ca reer asshypirations in the hea lth care field Two third- yea r students in the IF M proshygram have been accepted into integrated internships They work durin g the sumshymer before th ei r fourth yea r and then return after graduation for further tra inshying
There is a demonstra ted need in Canada for ad ministra tive di et itia ns and the lack of internships for them is a serious problem To overcome this botshytleneck In professional training the School plans to implement a two-yea r externship program in administ rative di shyetetics Candidates employed full-time in foodservice posi tions would complete academic ass ignments through the School The two- yea r progra m is being developed in c lose consultat ion with the Canadian Dietetic Association and is targeted to beg in in about five yea rs
In the meantime it seems tha t Guelphs program in Instituti ona l Foodservi ce Mana gement will be the trai nin g ground for the majority of Cashynad as man agers in the foodservice fi eld o
Margaret McCready Honoured On April 81981 Dr Ma rga ret Scott McCready was made a Member of the -Order of Canada The Investiture was held at Rid ea u Hall Ottawa with His Excellency the Right Honourable Edshyward Schreyer presenting the awa rd Dr McCready was accom panied by her sisshyter Mrs Mary Grenze back of Toronto
Our sincere congratulations go to Dr McCread y on recei vin g this great honour 0
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
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NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
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College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
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or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
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Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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Alumni Party for FACS 81 On the evening of Tuesday March 5 19 8 1 45 members of the gradua ting
c lass of the College of Family and Consumer Studies joined the directors of
th e M ac- FACS Alumni Association for
dessert and co ffee in the faculty club at
the University Centre
Assoc ia t ion Pre si dent Karen
McDougall 73 welcomed the students
S he ex tend ed congratulations on sucshy
cess full y compl eting a unive rsity educa shy
tion a nd expressed her s in cere hope that
eac h of them would e nter a rewa rding
ca reer In looking bac k over their years at
th e Universi ty it is hoped tha t they wi ll
have pleasant memories o f happy times
good friends and worthwhile st udies
M embe rship In the Mac-FACS
Alumni Association continues to grow
As of Winte r Convocation February 6
198 1 ou r tot a l membership numbered
1954 Th e re is however a total of
4607 known a lumni of Macdonald Inshy
stitut e and the Co ll ege of Family and
Consumer S tudi es We are pleased to welcome a ll grads into our Alumni Assoshy
ciation a nd encou rage th e ir participation
in a lu m ni ac tivities Your input into the
Alumni Association is a vital part of
en suri ng a successfu l future for your
Alma M ater
Karen encouraged the grad uat ing
class to notify the A lu mni Office of
address cha nges a nd ca ree r developshy
me nt s so th a t the ir news may be s hared with ot her g rad uates
At the coffee party Class of 81 presi shydents Ito r Cathy rowe 80 - 8 1 Fam ishyly Studies Pam Savage 78-79 Nutrishytion Maryanne Huishol 77- 78 Con shysumer Studies Carol Benson 79 - 80 Family Studies and Karen McDougall 73 president Mac-FACS Alumni Asshysociation 0
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Dr T revor Watts
By Mary Cocivera
Stepping from upper middle manageshy
ment in General Foods Canad a into a
university has been a broadening expe rishyence for Dr Trevor Watts He brings to
the Depa rtm ent o f Consumer S tudi es 19
yea rs o f inva lu ab le expe rience in indusshy
tri a l resea rc h tec hnica l operations
ma nageme nt a nd corpora te pla nning a nd d evelo pme nt
In indu stry one becomes very
task-oriented There is little time to
re fl ec t on broader iss ues he ex pia in s Since coming to the University Ive
been a ble to foc us on t he en ti re food
industry in the broades t possible sense
looking at consumption patterns retai lshy
ing techniqu es a nd th e continually
changing interfaces between industry
consumers and government My perspecshytives and hori zons have widen ed consi dshyerably
Students bene fit from Professor
Wattss indus trial exper ience through
the current and relevant examples he
can present in class Hi s courses cove r
the spectrum from a hands-on experishymental foods course to one on th e ecoshy
nomics of food usage
Contact a nd co-opera tive research with other fa cu lt y members in the Colshy
lege ha ve a Iso broadened Professor
In Memoriam Nancy Jean (Peaxton) Bird 490 passed a way suddenly in Florida on November
9 1980
Alice Mary (Jackson) Douglas 180 died in Hamilton on January 3 1981
Margaret Grace (Kyle) Grant 29D wife
of the Hon Campbell Grant passed away in Walkerton Ontario on January
14 19 8 1 She was a life member of the
M ac-FACS Alumni Association
Grace (Hart) Miller 260 a lire member
o f Mac- FACS Alumni Associa ti on
Wa ttss horizons He a nd Professors
Johlil Liefeld Jean Sabry and Eli za beth
Gullet 55 have focu sed their expert ise
in marketing behaviour nutriti on and
food technology on severa l research proshy
Jects It took us a while to learn how to
communicate with each o ther because of
our diverse backgrounds observes Professor W a tts W e may not always
agree but we work well toge ther and respec t each others point s of view
Beyond teac hin g and research Professor Watts is active in Sigma Xi
on the editori a l com mittee fo r a new
journal the ProfeSSional Marketing Reshysearch Society Journal a nd program
chairman a nd chairman-elect of the Guelph sec tion of the Canadian Ins titute
of Food Science and T echnology 0
First Prize I n the winter of 1980 Department of
Consumer Studies students Candy Clarkson Paul Fergus Cathy Henn lig
Helen Reed and Jane Short developed
as a project in course 28-303 Comshy
munications in the Market Place a
prese ntation relatirig to the Universi ty of Guelph radio spots that were a part of the seco ndary school liaison program
This winter the students made the
presentat ion in the uni versity di vision of
a competition sponsored by the T o ronto
Chapter o f the American M a rketin g Assoc ia t ion-a nd won fi rst prize The
plaque which the College wi ll re tain for
o ne yea r is on display in the s how case
near the s tude nt lo unge Congratulations to the s tud ents a nd their professor Jo hn Liefeld 0
passed away in T o ronto in December 1980
Margare t (Simpson) Scollie who a ttendshy
ed M ac in 1929 but did not graduate
died in N ovember 19 80 She was marshyried to Harold Pa t Sco lli e OAC 28
of Thund er Bay
Muriel C S taples 200 of Bowman- ~
ville died on N ovem be r 16 1980 in her
92nd yea r
Helen (Muldrew) Watson 26D passed
away January 26 198 1 in T oron to She
was a member of th e Cen tur y C lub H e r
husba nd Wm AP (Bill) Watson g rashy
du a ted from the O AC in 1928 0
The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
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810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
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The College of Physical Science Alumni Association
SCIMP Editor Bob Winkel
Canadian Centre for Toxicology The steering committee for the joint Canadian Centre for Toxicology being proposed by the Universit y of Guelph and the University of Toronto held a two-d ay meeting a t the Universit y reshycently The purpose of the meeting was to discu ss the feasibilit y study to develshyop background information and to preshypare the documents tha t will be required for prese ntation to use rs and sponsors
The Canadian Centre for Toxicolshyogy is proposed as a tripartite enterprise involving unive rsities government and industry The Centre will pla ya key role in the development of Canadian ex pershytise in toxicology through training proshygrams a t the postgradu a te leve l and through resea rch of an ap plied and basic natureO
Myths Mists and Mosquitoes
Shown left to right are Professors John Holt Rod Gentry Dr Donald Miller and Professor Bill Smith Chairman Department of Math ematics and Statistics A mathematician Dr Miller head of the poundcotox icology Branch of the National Research Council in Ollawa ga ve a lecture recently on the timely topic of Mathematical Problpms in Toxicology
In the February Canadian Association of Physicis ts (CAP) lecture Dr WJ Megaw of York Universit y spoke on the topic M yths Mists a nd Mosq uit oes He pointed out that particles in the atmosphere are not merel y the result of mans pollution but are a n essen tial part of na tures process
Without them there would be no rai n mist snow fog or ha il for it is imposs ible for water vapour to condense into a droplet in the a tmosphere or for a small dropl et of very pure water to freeze above a tempera ture of - 40degC without the presence of a particle At present only a comparatively small proshyportion of the pa rticl es in the a tmoshysphere which are capable of condensing water a re ma n-made
However man y scientists bel ieve
that within about 20 yea rs man s partishycles ma y constitute about 50 per cen t of the tota l It is sca rcely conceivable that this can occur without dras tica ll y alt ershying the int ensity and distribution of rain fa ll
He a nd ot her sc ientists are working on ways of minimi zi ng the effect s of these particles by inhibiting the condenshysa tion of water He illustrated the accishydental discovery of a n important inhibitshying agent It appea rs that their lab had been creating ex perimental clouds (conshydensation of water) in co nv enti onal cloud chambers The need for improveshyment led them to in stall a bigger and better cloud chamber but in ad dition they dec ided to use pure water right out of the deioni zer
Well th e new and better cloud
c hamber produced no clouds l It wasnt until th ey tried tap water in stead th at they so lved the problem It appears that deionizers remov e all the ions all right but they a lso in troduce cer ta in non-ioni c a mines in the water and some of these a re most affecti ve inhibitors of water condensation
This is where mosquitoes came into Dr Megaw s lecture O ne th eory is that mosq uitoes hom e in on warm bodies a long the re lative humidity gradi ent (condensed water particle gradi ent ) If a warm bod y is coated wi th mosquito repellant th e high vapour pressure of these a mine-contai ning compounds inshyhibit water condensation near the body and the mosq uitoes litera ll y lose their way hav ing no gradient a long which to hom e in Nea t eh 0
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
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August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
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movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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Grad News 1979
1970
Ivan M Harris is the principal consultshyant for Quasa r Systems Ltd of Ottawa
197]
Kenneth Riley is director of human reshysources for the Diamond Shamrock Alshyberta Gas Company
1972
David Buchner is teaching at the Evanshygelical School for the Deaf in Luguillo Puerto Rico a school sponsored by the United Missionary Fellowship
Bruce D Hawkins completed his MBA at Queens and is now pUlling his knowlshyedge to work for Ward Malletee Cha rtshyered Accountants in Brantford
1973
Maria Kukovica is now practicing medishycine in Smith Palls
1974
Steve Belej is a nimal health product development ma nager for May amp Bake r Canada Inc of Mississauga
Stella (Algar) Hawkins is co-ordin a tor of quality control and quality assurance for Gay Lea Foods Ltd Stella and her husband Bruce live in Gue lph
History of the
Chemistry Department
For those of you who are interestshyed in history the Department of Chemistry still has available a
number of copies of the History of the Chemistry Department written by former chairman of the Department Professor R S Brown If you would like a free copy please write the Department of Chemistry University of Guelph Guelph Ontario N I G 2W I Requests will be handled on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is exhausted 0
1975
Douglas S Garrett is manager of indu sshytrial engineering for the Campbell Soup Co Ltd in Toronto
June (Roberts) Hicks died in Signal Mountain Tennessee on Novem ber 15 1980 Our condolences go to her husshyband Mich ael of the sa me address
James Procunier is a teacher of matheshymatics in Smooth Rock Fa ll s
Gerri t J Wessels is a cons ultan t with Intern-Environment a l Consultants of Ottawa
1977
Robert Lake is a geologi st with Hu sky Oil in Calgary
S tephen Long is quality control supervishysor with Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd In
Whitby
1978
Stephen Malcolm is a stati stician for the Department of N ational Health and W elfare of Ottawa
David Ung is technica l support supe rvishysor with the Depa rtment of Computer Services York University Toronto
Harry Vink tcac hes school in Lindale Alberta
Glen Forrester is a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company in Kitchener
Ron Heintz is teaching with the Peel Region Board of Educa tion
Sheila (Degesse) Kroetsch is a qu a lity control c hemist with Clark Dairy Ltd in Ottawa
Barry Smith is a systems engineer with Amda hl Ltd in Toronto
Shawn Wilde and hi s wife Betty-Anne (Pattoch) 80 are respectively sys tems analyst with CMHA a nd scientis t with Bell Northern Research of Ottawa
Leslie Wood is doing resea rch as a ph ysic istchemist wit h 3 M of Canada Inc a t the Institute for Aerospace Studshyies Downsv iew
1980
James C Curry is a resea rch and develshyopment chemist with Uniroyal Ltd In Guelph
Dan Duffield ha s moved west a nd is a programmera nal yst with Imperia l Oil Ltd in Calgary
Renato Manera is a progra mmer analyst with Imperial Oil Ltd in T oronto
Sean Russell is a hea lth physics trainee with Ontario Hydro in Toronto 0
Copernicus Awards
Three rather than the usual two jirst- and second-semester students received Copernicus Awards for outstanding academic performance in Physics The trio seen here with acting chairman of the Department of Physics Professor Duc Poll left centre wh o presented the $200 awards are left to right SI1 Nyeo fmm Malaysia Derek Leinweber ofStratford and Brenda Comissiong of Grenada West Indies 0
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The Ontario Agricultural College Alumni Association
ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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ALUMNI NEWS Editor William C (Bill) Tolton 36
the booming prairies of western Canada What gives the story its historic
value and also its charm is the fact that
some scions of county families were off to all corners of the globe Some went merely for the novelty others were sent
Life at bullbullbull none of the material was ever written
Records of student life at the OAC with a view to publication In fact the during its early years are very rare book was published anonymously by an Most students were farm boys of limited uncle with the purpose of informing education and not in the habit of putting British families with like ideas on emishytheir thoughts down in letter or diary -gration on the chance of their Of such intimate informal records that being useful to other young Engli shmen have survived perhaps the most revealshy who may be thinking of following a like ing can be found in a slim rare volume career published in England in 1883 Entitled The books title hides the fact that Lellers oa Young cmigrant in Manitoshy the rirst 42 pages of the book deal with ba it was compiled from a diary and the first stage of the venture at Guelph from letters writtcn home by a young This and its rarity today because few Englishman who stopped for a term at copies were ever sold in Canada make it the School of Agriculture and Experishy both interesting and valuable mental Farm (later to become the The 18805 were the great travel O AC) in Guelph when on his way years for the British Young educated west to create an agricultural estate on reasonably afnuent and rather ventureshy
bullthe OAC 10 1880 The Dundas Road and the OAC in 884
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by their families to get them out of local society and still others with a view to sounding out the distant parts for family investmenL
For many of those young fellows a term or two at the School of Agriculture was part of the family plan Before the pounds sterling cross the ocean let s see how the young gentleman makes out
Of the large class of 217 students registered in 1881 18 came from the British Isles Another 24 came from Quebec but some at least were also British using a Montreal address The latter made up by far the largest nonshyOntario-born contingent among the stushydents and would continue to do so for many years
The young lad who provided the ma terial for Lellers of a Young Emishygrant in Manit oba was Edward Ffolkes (spelled Ffolkes in the College records) son of the Rev Henry Ffolkes of Hilshylington Norfolk England A second son Robert followed Edward and was regisshytered the following year but nothing is now known of his career
Edward must have had a very atshytractive personality He was a sportsman was asked to play in a football match against the town of Guelph dishyrectly I got out of the train Played halfback and beat the town by two goals He was well educated having spent some time a t the British public school at Haileybury and one of his letters tells of his joy at meeting an old schoolmate in Guelph another young Englishmen apparently on the same proshygram a fact hitherto unknown to young Edward
Edward was polite mannerly and evidently somewhat of a social lion for in his letters he tells of the many social events he attended Although he did not dance he was after all a clergymans son he went to as many as five dances a week I engage the ladies to sit the
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
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Sum mer Campus 1st week
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AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
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da nce out-a very common proceeding here-and my cards for next weeks dances a re full
He came well armed with letters of introduction and was able to move ea si ly in two circles the young profess ional ba nk clerks civil serva nts and businessshymen who li ved in the sa me boarding house where he stayed while waiting for the School te rm to begin a nd in the circle of peo ple connected with TrInity Coll ege I n fact when he re t u rned to Toronto later he married Agnes Strashycha n a grandda ughter of Bishop Strashychan th e founder of that institution
T here are several references to fishynances through the letters and diary for it seems that the family kept a rather ti gh t rein The student labour rate of two cents an hour did not cover School expe nses When it ca me time to enter he had to appea l for fund s because delay in Toront o had been costly but Dr Mills came to his rescue He said he would prefer writing to you for the $50 if I was at a ll ha rd up because he wanted me to bu y va ri ous textbooks for the lectu res a nd I had to bu y a red ca nvas suit a nd top overa lls
The a utumn of 1880 was a very busy one a t G uelp h for the School building was agai n going through an expa nsion a nd co nst ruc tion delayed the beginning of the term The core had been Moreton Lodge the home of the previous farm owner FW Stone a nd to this had been added wings for dormitoshyri es a nd class rooms until th e whole was a ra th er jumbled mess th a t would strike fea r into any fi re marshalls hea rt
Although Dr Mi ll s in hi s annual report co mmen ted on the unplanned nature of th e expa nsions nothing much more was done to the old building until it was finally demolished in 1929 to make room for the present Joh nston Ha ll For the stude nts it must have prese nted prob lems even by schoo l boa rding house sta nd a rd s of 1880s Tha t yea r the sta ff doctor reported on their first epidemics of meas les a nd influenshyza - in a building crowded with 130 stud ents-but he was pleased to report no dea ths occ urred The dormitories were littl e 10 x 15 rooms and some were as sma ll as 9 x 13 Washroom facilities were sparse
Such a situa ti on crea ted problems When you have 130 young men full of animal spirits boarding and lodg in g in the same building it is by no means easy to maintain proper disc ipline It is inshy
deed a very difficult task wrote Dr Mill s
But to judge from both his diary a nd his letters home young Edward appeared quite unco ncerned After all he had bee n a t school a nd away from home before a nd a t a more tender age Appa rently he was quite enjoyi ng himshyself for he was well a head of his fellow st udents aca demica ll y a nd took a n acshytive part in the litera ry eve nts debates and poe try and prose readings
Jam ls Mills OAC President 880- 904
Also he does not appea r to have been afra id of the ha rd wo rk imposed on the yo ung stud ents In fact without having ha lf the students out of the cramped building during the day it would seem impossible to control activshyity in the rOOms In those days much of the training was practical carrying potatoes from th e cellars to th e house cellars-nice work for strength ening the back and rounding the should er he wrote But he still was able to go to a dance that evening
I like the College work Every morning up at 530 and I have never found the least diffi cult y in getting up directly the bcll rin gs and I have always had plenty of time to make my bed carry away the slops etc before goin g down to prayers Is not it curi ous Don t you remember how difficult I used to find gelling out of bed a t eig ht or ninegt he wrote hi s mot he r back home Now I dont even feel a bit inclined to stay in bed after th e morning bell rin gs though it is dar k If you had seen me pitching turnips into the cellars for four hours the day before yesterday in the drenching rain you would bave been surpri sed
While he wrote that he found th e foremen and masters rath er rou gh he did like tbem even if he found th e loca l Ontario custom of chewing somewhat unpleasant The fellows chew here to
tbe most disgraceful ex tent th ey make tbe walls and floors simpl y hoggish
Hi s lellers and diary continue tbroug h th a t term as he describes tbe work he was ca ll ed upon to do a nd which he seems to have chee rfull y un shyde rtaken Wood hauling cbopping a nd wood splitt ing in the bush was another chore new to him and he carefull y outlines wbat he learned abo ut thi s novel part of farm life He helped make road ditcbes standing up to his knees in water and freezing
The school by thi s tim e had one of tbe new fangled portabl e steam engi nes as a power supply made by Waterous of Brantford and young Edward took hi s turn with tbe dirty work of feeding the steam cbaff Culler Another day he was the engineer in cbarge of fillin g the engine witb water splitting wood for th e firebox and making oneself gene ra ll y use ful
When tryi ng to ge t hi s brot her entered Edward ran into a problem of th at day for foreign students vs na tive born is not bing new Apparently there had been some political hass le about the number of non-Ont a rio s tud ents a ttendshyin g the School and the fact that some na tive born had been turned away Reshymember that if the authorities get so much as an inkling that Bob (his brothshyer) is thinking of farming in Iowa they will fire him out before he has been here a day Iowa being in the United States he explained to his mother He told of one young student who let the fact slip th a t he planned to go to Minnesota-he was shifted from the Collcge that very day The rule it seems was that each st udent as part of his qualifying for entra nce had to agree to stay in Canada for four yea rs
I n October 4 188 1 a year after coming to Canada Edward Ffolkes set out for Beacons field Manitoba where he acq uired a farm of 600 acres and set up a saw mill The next few yea rs a re a blank By 189 1 he had married and his na me is in the toront o Directory of 1895 where he is li sted as a manager for the Wilkinso n Plough Company
In 1916 he had a tragic accident -He was tb en manager of the large Home Smith properties in what is now Toronshytos Kingsway area and had volunteered to assis t tb e Bell Telephone Co to run a line ac ross the Humber River Apparshyently th e ca noe be was in could not cope with th e rag in g water and he was swept away to bi s death D
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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I
tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
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Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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A Grand Judge of Cattle Arthur Whetham 08 at 93 remembers
thc good old days in the cattlc business and on the farms of western Ontario He is about the last of a disappearing breed the itinerant catlie buyer In the days before big trucks computers and elecshytronic scanners the pricing of live beef
callie on the hoof wa s a ra re skill There was no rail grading in those
days and few of the now elaborate government rulings The country callie
buyer staked his reputation a nd his job on his ability to correctly estimate the ultimate worth to the butcher of the
callie before him The competition was keen there were many buyers going up
and down the roa ds Offer too low a price and you bought few cattle offer
too much and your pa cking house supeshyrior was very unhappy
All too often the buyer was called
upon to make those judgment calh in
the dim light of a stable or the muddy mire of a barnyard Yct that is how
Arthur Whetham earned his living for 60 years He started out in a part-time capacity shortly after graduation and while he was still living on thc family farm near Rockton [n 191 H his father
died the farm wa s sold and Arthur went into the callie business for good
Up and down the country by car
some 25000 miles a year on gravel and dirt roads he went wearing out some 30 automobiles in the process Grey and Bruce with a corner of Wellington were
his special districts for he knew that country and its skilled ca llie fini shers
While many cattle buyers earned themselves a reputation that came close to that so frequently won by horse
dealers a reputation for a fast buck a
little chea ting a taste for deception Arthur Whetham earned a reputation
that was quite the opposite Absolutely honest and fair A good man to deal with are the terms still used by those
he dealt with through the years He
could come back year after year to the
sa me farmer s and qUickly close an honshyest deal
How do you get the ability to si ze
up the quality of a callie beast by eyeball only I found out that when I
walked into a fa rmya rd or a barn to look at cattle my first impress ion was the
right one It wa s a gift that only one in a hundred calliemen could claim He was always very calm abou t his work and never raised his voice or talked rapidly whatever happened
Now retired and living in Cam-
OAC 81 at College Royal 81
A birds-eye view of 8 s University Centre exhibit
bridge he enjoys returning to Guelph
for OAC alumni reunions although there is just a handful from hi s generashytion who are around to make the jourshyney He even gets to the s tockyards to
renew old times now and then Bruce Gle nn 51 head buyer for
Canada Packers Toronto opera tions
said of Arthur he was a wond erful old man-and sti ll is 0
Those Pesky
Weeds Control of unwanted pl a nt growth in farm fi e lds a nd home ga rdens parks a nd
rec reation areas is a ve ry serious matter It is a concern for health reasons (allershygies) labour costs in park mainten a nce
the profits in commercial farm operashytions and many other area s So when the
OAC offered a wee k-long course on the science of weed control it drew people from five provinces employed in a wide assortment of situations lawyers
conservationists municipa l represe nta shytives environmentalists nurse rymen and
landscapers-even farmers On-campus people involved in this
outreach program were Dean Switzer 51 Stan Yvan g 49 Gerry Stephenson
Charlie Waywell Jack Alex and Glenn Anderson 54 Off-campus people inshy
cluded Doug Mc Laren 50 Bill Taylor Rich a rd Frank Ralph Dell Ros Costen 52 Donna MacKen z ie 70 CG Hallishyday and Tom Sawyer 59A and 64 The
intensive course considercd weed identishyfication cultural control biological conshy
trol and chemical control It covered problem weeds on roadsides ra ilroads power corridors waterways lawns reshy
crea tion areas forests a nd horticultural and field crops It covered herbicide
classification mode-of-action fa te deshyvelopment formulation se lectivity reshycommendations and application It a lso -covered con t rovers ies and da mage claims
In short the course prov ided a
detailed study of weed control and al so gathered together a package of reference
material to be used by the participants as they proceed to use the information in
t heir va rious a voca t ions 0
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
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Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
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What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
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Tennis squash etc
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
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August 3
Sept 4
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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seed companies mentionedThe Corn Revolution One of the major factors in the
AllY grad who has lived through the past 50 years in Ontario has seen the revolushy
tion in Ontario farm operations caused by hybrid corn varieties Before the
Second World War corn was confined
to a narrow strip in the provinces southshy
west corner elsewhere only a few acres
on any farm was put down to it maybe
one in ten and that was destined for the silo Today corn is a major crop over all
of southern Ontario and a seeding of 50
or 100 acres is not uncommon
Like most of the other changes In
the provinces largest and most vital
industry agriculture this one has deeply
involved O A C grads That has been
the story of the College for more than a
century First it was the famous Dawshysons Golden Chaff winter wheat the
selection from a cross-breeding program
on a farm near Paris Ontario which
was further selected and propagated a t
Guelph to be the basis of an entire
breakfast food industry Then came OAC 21 barley which
became the base for the brewing indusshy
try here and elsewhere That variety was
a selection made on campus from some
north Asian types The introduction testing and popularization of alfalfa folshy
lowed again the work of OAC grads
Soybeans new pasture grasses-the list
goes on
With corn it is the same story The
original hybrid breeding work was done
in the heartland of the crop the midshywestern United States and grew out of
new-found knowledge of the 20s of the
mechanics of heredity the chromosomes
and t he genes
A measure of the extent to which
graduates and facuJty or the OA C have taken part in this dramatic change
Wes M orris 72 in Africa Wes Morris 72 and his wife were
posted last year by the United Church of
Canada to be agricultural missionaries in Lesotho in southern Africa They
arrived at the Leloaleng trade school
last September and are expected to be
there for four years Their job is to teach
basic agricultural skills and to develop a
in Ontario farm practices is expressed in
the February issue of the agri-book
magazine Corn in Canada There are
some 20 major articles in its 72 pages
and of those ten are by or about OAC grads Of the others six deal with
situations outs ide the province entirely
The lead s tory by the magazines
editor Peter Lewington deals with the
crop from the point of view of the
commercia I fa rmer It IS a n interview
with Don Hart 53 who runs an
Jim Elliot 49 Peanuts next
I 100-acre operation in the Woodstock
area He gets 120 bushel yields and pays
close attention to tillage For several
years we have been operating two and a
half-acre tillage plots sponsored by the
County Soil and Crop Improvement Asshysociation and Harvey Wright 60 of OMAF helps us look after them he
stated The second story is on the steady
progress by corn breeders Dr Bruce
Hunter 62 Bill Leask 71 Tom Franshy
cis a 77 PhD and Lyn Kannenberg
on campus are noted There are many
more OAC grads in the employ of the
commercial farm project for the school
with a view to making people less deshy
pendent upon imported food s
Three loca I persons have already
been hired to help They had returned to Lesotho after a time in the gold mines in
South Africa where most young men are
attracted by the possibility of ma king s ix
times what they might earn a t home
But writes Wes they are good workers
even at the very low wages he is able to
pay
rapid adoption of hybrid corn has been
the new chemical ability to control weeds The day or the dusty hours
behind the scurner going up and down
the weed-choked rows ought to bc ovcr
This is explained in an article written by
AI Hamill 67 a weed researcher at the
Harrow station who brings attention to
the changes in the current guide to
chemical weed controls
How the seed crop is grown and handled is anothcr subject and here the interview is with yet another OAC
grad Bill Parks 65 president of Pioshy
neer HiBred operations in the province
He is proud of the companys new
facilities one of the five autonomous
parts of the parent organi zation
The s ilo is s till the final resting place for a great deal of Onta rio corn
and the silo can be a dangerous placc
That is the message of yet another
major s tory in the magazine It is writshy
ten by Hank Bellma n 52 agricultural
engineer and s ilo speciali st of OMAF
working out of W a lkerton
Corn as a new fuel source through
gasohoP Well ma ybe says Doug Hayes 75 a biologis t with Agriculture Canada
in Ottawa in another major article Jack
Dekker of the O AC faculty takes a
look at the strange new weeds creeping
into corn fields and fin a lly Hugh Scott 65 who farm s near Staffa writes about
careless handling of chemicals used with
the crop they are necessary but should never be trea ted lightly
All these contributions from the
graduates and faculty of a relatively
small educational institution Is there any
other industry or anything like the size
a nd importance of the corn crop in Ontshy
ario that is so dominated by so few~ 0
He has already learned at first
hand some of the problems created by
the native lack of mechanical knowshy
how-they are trying to industriallize without tool boxes The farm tractor
was in poor shape because of dus t so
it s back to the local oxen for power
The local school like the country is
still dependent upon foreign aid for food but there is plenty of local enthusia sm in
the people and the local evangelical church which operates the school 0
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
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Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
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c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
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What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
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Tennis squash etc
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
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JuJy 5-10
12-17
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August 3
Sept 4
14-19
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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Worldwide Research Bill Tossell 47 started off the year
with a three-month tour of world agrishycultural research centres as part of a four-man team working with the Conshy
sultative Group on Agricultural Reshy
search which is attached to the World Bank and sponsored by several western industrial countries These centres the
main thrust in agricultural research in Third World countries have a budget of
$125 million but the problems are enorshymous and research facilities few The
team of visitors had a very full schedule
to cover and while their suggestions are not binding the system has worked well
Dean Tossell stated that the team has never failed to get the response it needed
from the donors of funds and has demshyonstrated time after time the ability to
zero in on critical problems and to make rapid decisions
The world food problem is not new the Dean stated and perhaps
because of this there is a danger of
underestimating its importance At preshysent over one-quarter of the people in the world are too poor to have an
adequate diet and half a billion of these suffer from a significant degree of malshy
nutrition These people are concentrated in Third World countries where populashy
tion increase is continuing at a high rate
Ice Cream amp the OAC in 08 That humans can be ve ry resistant to
change should not be news to grads of the University of Guelph So much of
their work has been in that direction middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot getting people to make use of new ideas and methods
Here is a story that illustrates that situation in an interesting way and also
proves that once a shift is made it can
be complete and permanent When Paul Angle 09 was a student on campus he worked with the then popular summer
field days when thousands of people would swarm over the OAC grounds
and buildings Here is how he recalls an incident with ice cream at the studentshyrun refreshment booth
During the month of June there were cheap rail excursions arranged by the government to bring farmers and
their families to the College every day except Saturdays and Sundays
They came in droves The College provided a mid-day lunch of sandwiches cake and coffee but made no provision
for treats and soft drinks To raise some money to su pport
their various activities the student orgashynization undertook to supply these items
from tents on the grounds For the summer of 1908 I was appointed manshyager of this project
We sold ice cream candy pop
cookies and bananas which we bought
wholesale from or through the Kandy Kitchen in Guelph
The ice cream came in five-gallon
pails packed in ice and salt and we sold
it in dishes at Scent each Those dishes had to be washed and the wash water disshyposed of all of which caused some water
to be spilled The ice cream had to be repacked during the day with more water being spilled until the sod in and
around the tents was becoming mud and we had to cover it with some protection
While I was debating what should
be done I visited the midway at Hanshylans Point in Toronto and there I saw
ice crea m being sold in cones the cones being made where they were sold The
Unless food production increases at a
much fa ster pace in the future than it has in the past the absolute number of
people who will be hungry will increase rapidly
The gap between domestic food
production and consumption in the deshyveloping countries will be two or three
times larger by 1990 In the poorest countries the food shortage is projected to be even worse about five times what
it is today It is distress ing to observe that those countries such as India and Nigeria which have been essentially
self-sufficient in food in recent years are moving into a food-deficient posishytion (From Meeting the Needy by
Dr Tossell and published In The Agrologisl Winter 1981) 0
equipment needed for the job was simple
and available in Toronto I purchased an outfit with directions for operation and
from that date I expected to sell our ice
cream in cones t ha t we would make each
evening and thus avoid washing dishes But I got a surprise The people
resisted cones and still a sked for dishes If they did buy a cone at the same price as a dish they would ask for a spoon to
eat it with and throw the cone away We had to increase the price of the dish to
10cent and give demonstrations of eating the cone with the ice cream to get cones
accepted We succeeded and r believe they
were the first ice cream cones ever sold in Guelph 0
-The first presentation of the we Blackwood Memorial Entrance Scholarship in Physics was made recently Professor Blackwood was head of the Department of Physics and Agricultural Engineering from 1919 to 1946 Shown here are the donors of the scholarship Bernard Ward 23 of Toronto Mrs Ward and the recipient Craig Lewis oj Hamilton 0
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
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Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
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Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
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Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
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or Yes No
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
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12-17
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Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
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DELPHA Editor Debbie (Nash) Chambers 77
The College of Arts Alumni Association
Sculptor 75 Just seven yea rs ago Brya n Ti ms 75 considered his artistic talents to be an enjoyable hobby rather than a vocation
At the time Bryan was attending the University of Guelph and studying English Philosophy and Psychology However midway through his BA proshygram Bryans interests took a new dishyrection and he became seriously interestshyed in painting and sculpting As a result Bryan graduated with a degree in Fine Art and proceeded to establish his cashyreer in Guelph as a professional artist
Despite the risks involved in setting such a goal Bryan has been successful Since 1975 the Hunter Gallery in Markham has handled most of his sculpshyture He has also received a wide variety of commissions and one of his pieces The Heritage Tree has become a tourist attraction at a spot beside the Trent Canal
Several years ago a Toronto family commissioned him to carve a totem pole depicting the familys Scottish and Unitshyed Empire roots According to the ownshyers The Heritage Tree has received a great deal of local attention and has become a prime photogra phic subject for tourists using the canal system
The fruit s of an equally ambitious ass ignment can be vi ewed in the Coveshynant Chapel of St Andrews Presbyterishyan Church in Kitchener Ontario Bryan designed the chapels magnificent stained glass windows basing his initial paintings on the religious themes of birth baptism confirmation chri stian worship and church school
His current commission however is a locally-ba sed project Employees of the Hammond Manufacturing Co Ltd in Guelph approached Bryan after makshying plans to fund a memori i tribute to the companys founder Len Hammond
Bryan has accepted the commission to sculpt a half-figure mahogany relief of the late Mr Hammond When the piece is completed it will be placed on display in the factory
In June 1980 Bryan Tims joined
Woodsman
the sta ff of the Universitys Department of Fine An Since that time he has been employed as a technician in the sculpshyture studio While Bryan plans to accept future commission work present time constraints have impeded his ability to continue to supply pieces to the Hunter Gallery
Although Bryan is very interested in painting most of his artistic attention is focused on ca pturing the human figshyure as well as its mood s and emotions by using bronze cement and alabaster as media Thi s present orientation dishyverges from his initial use of animal s as subjects for his work However some of his early pieces such as The Northshyland represent a transition phase when he used both humans and animals as modes of expression In The Northshyland a bron ze sculpture Canadas early heritage and the union of human and nature are reflected by the interac-
Bryan Tims 75 and his Nightmare The sculpture can be viewed in the garden oj his home on Glenwood Avenue ill Guelph
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
]977
Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
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rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
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ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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tion of a voyageur and a bear Regardless of subject or medium
Bryan s work sparks both contemplati on a nd respect for his artistic abilit y
Upon viewing Bryans sculpture it is not surprising to learn that he holds a special fascination for th e work of Mi shychelangelo Rodin and de Vinci Nor is it surprising th at he was deepl y moved1 by sculpture he sa w whil e visiting Ita ly prior to his enrolment at Un iversit y
Whil e quick to recogni ze the inshyspiration derived from his travels a nd the work of the grea t masters Bryan a lso attaches philosophical import ance to his University ex perience Bryan beshylieves th at artistic express ion is encumshybered by a narrow focus It should pull a wide range of th oughts and ex periences toget her I n Bryan s es ti ma tion sc u I pshyture offers an artist a vehicl e to comshymunica te ideas as well as powerfu l emotions and delica te feelings
For him art is a reflection of a far greater rea lm of experiences He is grateful that his broad academic base has prevented him from a ttempting to create art in isolation 0
In Memoriam The College of Arts Alumni Associshy
ation was saddened to be notifi ed of the death of Shirley T (Walton) Lewis B A 73 MA 76 Shirley passed awa y on February 9 1981 in her 45th year She is survived by her hu sband John and childrcn Christo pher Gregory Gilshylian Jacqueline and Patrick all of Guelph 0
Graduate News
1976
Stephen Morrison is work ing in Gue lph as a sa Ics correspond ent for McM illanshyBloedel Packaging
Amy Parker holds a tcaching position with the Dufferin County Board of Edushycation
OPIRG has created
HEAT A very practica l ac tivity that has arise n from the strong current int eres t in ene rshygy conse rva tion is und er way und er the direction of two Universi ty of Guelph student s
In the fa ll of 19 80 the local offi ce of th e Onta rio Publi c Interes t Resea rch Group (OPIRG ) appli ed for a gra nt to fund their proposed Guelph Energy Conservation Projeltit
The Federal Mini stry of Employ shyment and Immigration approved th e fundin g of $47000 for the project In December 1980 and on January 5 198 1 two students in the Coll ege of Arts Ca thy Beck and La ura Heimbeckshyer bega n co-ordin ating the 50-week venshyture Three additional full -time sta ff members hired by th e two co- ordi nators were referred to th e project through the Gu elph office of Employ ment and Im shymigra tion Canada Both Ca thy and Laura have previous experience with conserva tion agencies
Cathy has been a loca l OPIR G volunteer for two years and Laura was a community development worker for the Brampton Communi ty Conservation Centre Collectively the fi ve workers have a background in home insul a tion construction recyclin g and researchin g
In a recent interview with Ca thy
]977
Catherine Rawlings is employed by Coshyopera tors Insurance in Edmonton wh ere she works as a claims adjuster
Peter Vaughan holds the rank of Second Lieutena nt in the Ca nadian Armed Forces and is in vol ved in medica l studi es a t McMas ter Uni ve rsity
1978
Katherine Slack hold s the pos ition of assistant to the a rt direc tor of Interface Pub li shing in Edm onton Alberta
Beck the four objectives of th e project were outlined They are
1 To create a Home Energy Advice Tea m (H EA T) to conduct free energy audit s of Gu elph homes Assessors will visit both priva tel y owned and rental premises to ins pect ex isting insulation techniqu es a nd identify sources of possi shyble heat loss The tea m will th en make recommend ations to the resident s for low cost methods of rectifying problems a nd acqua int the householder with eligishybility requiremcnt s for tax rebates and the Ca nadian Home Insulati on Program (CH IP)
2 To augm ent the community deshyvelopment facet of the project by means of workshops speaking engagements a nd displ ays Key topics will cover pracshytical a nd techni cal advice conce rning repa irs a nd insula ti on techniques as well as conse rve r life style tips
3 To establi sh a resource centre at 123 Woolwich S treet by earl y April The centre will provid e brochures enershygy bibliogra phies and a phone-in enquiry se rvice
4 To compile a t the completi on of th e energy audit program a stati stical report of energy consumpti on in Guelph th a t will be submitt ed to the Federa l gove rnm ent
According to Cath y Beck a governshyment pa mphlet entitled Keeping the Hea t In provides valu able conservation tips The pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Mines and Resources and will be obta inable Irom th e projects offi ce on Wool wich Street Anyone in Guelph int eres ted in having their home audit ed or in vo lunteeri ng th eir services is asked to contact the co-ordinatols at 823- 1461 0
1979
Janice Kopinak is a regi stered nurse at Chedoke- Mc Mas ter Hos pita l in Hashymilton
Peter R Leslie is th e ma nager of th e Root Home Centre Woolwich Street -Guelph Onta rio
]980
Nancy Rawson is currently registered as a full-tim e gradua te student in th e Deshypa rtm ent of Hi stor y University of Gu elph 0
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
34
rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
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35
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association
ALUMNI Editor Dr Cliff Barker 41
BULLETIN Seven Year Retrospective Review of
e The mean average of students r About 2 per cent of applicants were
accepted is 8015 per cent while the sons or daughte rs of veterinarians
overall average was 8013 per cent and another 3 per cent had a veteri shyDVM The mean average of accepted stushy narian as spouse or close relative 95
dents ha s steadily risen from 7866 per cent had no connections The
in the Class of 78 to 8324 for the performance of veterinarians progeshy
Class of 84 This may only be a ny did not vary from that of otherAdDlissions measure of grade innation students
Dr T1 Hulland 54 formerly Acashydemic Associate Dean O Vc presentshyed the following on D VM admissions at a recent faculty meeting
Admission sta ti s tics and interview sheets have been collected s ince 1973 for the purpose of review That review was
recently completed by entering more than 53000 items of information about
1612 students into a computer as they attempted to be admitted 2 128 times This information was collected during
II admission cycles over seven years and included (to the extent that inforshymation was available) both successful and unsuccess ful attempts Twenty-two
demographic variables were assessed for
each student and analysis revealed the following selected it ems of information
a 59 per cent of the attemptees were male 41 per cent fem a le
b 13 per cent of the attemptees were rural 79 per cent urban This proporshytion has not varied much over the
period studied
c 76 per cent of the attemptees came
from Ontario 13 per cent from Queshybec and 9 per cent from the Atlantic provinces These proportions have not
varied much except for a recent deshycline in students from Quebec
d 52 per cent of students prepare themshy
selves exclusively at the University of Guelph and a nother 25 per cent partly
Correlation of All Possible Pairs of Admission and Performance Factors
[n an attempt to dicover admission characteristics which were linked predictively to high performance in the DV M Program a 5 x 5 comparison was set up When factors
along the left side were used to sel ect the top one-third and the bottom one-third of
the group (of about 350 students) the values for the top and bottom thirds for the
categories at the top of the table is displ ayed at the top a nd bottom of each box The figure in the middle of each box represents the per cent difference between the figures above and below
Admission Interview Cumulative Final Year Subjective
Index Score DVM Av Average Clinical
gt -shy ro ~ uu _ c0= lU
842 (86)
756
1 18 (- 60)
127
735 (41 )
694
69 0 (26)
664
39 (83)
34 CJ
79 8
(06)
792
140 (226 )
106
719
(08) 711
676 (06)
670
38 ( 33)
36
815 (33 )
782
121
(00) 121
762 (97)
665
716 (79)
637
42 ( 183)
31
810 (22)
788
122 ( -07)
123
748 (64)
684
73 5 (124)
611
43 (233)
29
c o
shy gtlt
813 123 75 J 72 1 46 ~ shy -0 E c (29) (00) (7 8 ) (87) (317) -0shylaquo 784 123 673 634 27
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g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
34
rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
-
35
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
-
g Extracurricular interests varied greatly but 50 per cent seemed to have a mixed set of active and passhysive interests 10 per cent had almost no extracurricular interests or a narshyrow professional athletes interests and these seemed to predict relativeshyly poorer performance
h Communications ability was judged to be average in 50 per cen t and strong in 40 per cert of the students This factor was both a strong basis of discrimination in interview and on analysis a consistent predictor of both academic success (in a ll groups) and consistency (among those who communicated well)
I Self confidence seemed to be a stashytistically significant predictor of sucshycess in the program
J Wide animal experience was a charshyacteristic associated with success stashytistically but by itself seemed not to be a predictor of success
k In contrast to the points in 7-10 overall interview score did not seem to be either predictive nor correlate well with other factors This may only mean that a very different sort of characteristic was being meashysured
I Essay grades correlate poorly with admission grades This perhaps should not be surprising
m 22 per cent of attemptees are acceptshyed on their first application 8 per cent on their second 2 per cent on their third 67 per cent were not accepted
n Female students have a statistically better performance record on entry during the course and in their final year performance than males Males over 26 years of age seem to be the only population group which demonshystrated a consistently declining pershyformance however
o Students with a farm background had only a slight advantage over urban students but considera ble scatter variation occurred when each single characteristic was related to incoming and outgoing performance Much more detailed information is available in the 30-page report now in the hands of members of the Admissions Committee 0
Vice President Smith Kline amp French Laboratories
Dr Leon Z Saunders 43 has been Iications in veterinary pathology of named Vice-President of Safety Evaluashy which the most notable are the books tion Smith Kline amp French Laboratorshy Comparative Neuropathology coshyies Philadelphia USA Dr Sauders authored by Dr JRM Innes and Ophshydirects pathology and toxicology proshy thalmic Pathology of Animals coshygrams determining the safety of experishy authored by Dr LF Rubin Dr Saunshymental pharmaceutical compounds ders has also written chapters on patholshy
Selected as the Outstanding Indusshy ogy of the eye for several other books trial Veterinarian of 1980 by the Amerishy including Jubb amp Kennedys Pathology can Association of Industrial Veterinari shy of Domestic Animals Cotchin amp Roes ans (AAIV) the award recognizes his Pathology of the Laboratory Mouse and three decades of work in the field of Rat and Joests Handbuch der Pashyveterinary pathology He was awarded a thologischen Anatomie der Haustiere plaque by AAIV President Dr Howshy Dr Saunders is the past president ard Newkirk of both the American College of Veteri shy
Dr Saunders joined S K amp F in nary Pathologists and the World Federshy1958 That same year he was na med to ation of Veterinary Pathologists and in the faculty at the University of Pennsylshy 1972 he received a commemorative
vanias School of Veterinary Medicine medal after presenting the 1972 Schoshy
He has been Adjunct Professor since field Memorial Lecture at the Universishy
1964 ty of Guelph In 1977 he was elected as
He is the founder and first editor of the first honorary member of the Amerishy
Vererinary Pathology the first internashy can College of Veterinary Ophtha lmoloshy
tional journal for veterinary patholoshy gists gists The journa I was esta blished as a [li e received his masters degree
communica tions channel for veterinary from Iowa State College (1946) and his pathologists worldwide In 1968 the doctora te in veteri na ry pa t hology from
Veterinary College of Vienna awarded Cornell University (1951) In 1952 he Dr Saunders an honorary Doctor of was certified by the American College Veterinary Medicine degree in recognishy of Veterinary Pathologists as a Specialshytion of his work with the journa l and his ist in Veterina ry Pathology research in neuropathology and ophshy Dr Sa unders his wife a nd daughter
thalmic pathology live in Wynnewood Pennsylvani a 0 The author of more than 75 pub-
Team to Indonesia In February Dr Rowan Walker 47 veterinary services branch OMAF Dr Lorne Stephens 52 Agriculture Canada and Jean McDonald Deans Office OVc travelled to Indonesia under the auspices of CIDA to study a proposa l whereby Canada would assist the government of Indonesia in estabshylishing a comprehensive animal disease diagnostic service In particular the team reviewed the position with respect to Java 0
In Memoriam Dr E M Trenouth 32 Last address
Recipient oj the 1981 OY e Alumni Quebec City Quebec (Date of death
Associarion Trave Scholarship is unknown)
Jamie Thompson semester 7 student from R R 2 Clinton Ontario He is Dr Walter D Maher 40 Last address presently visiting veterinary colleges in Fulda Minn USA (Mail returned Australia 0 marked deceased) 0
33
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
34
rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
-
35
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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The College of Social Science Alumni Association
Dorothy Barnes 7B
H an ights
Doroth y Barnes 78 is a human ri ghts officer with the Onta rio Human Rights Commiss ion A pa rt-tim e stu dent it took her six years to co mplete her BA That accom pli shm ent took dedi cat ion
Her ca reer is a demanding one but her enthusiasm which ca me through loud a nd clear in a recent interview with PECAS-US seems unbound ed
PECAS- US Tell me a littl e about the orga nization of the Ontario Huma n Right s Commission a nd your Kitchener office
DOROTHY Im the only human rig hts officer in the area I work in wha t we ca ll th e so uth-w es t reg ion which has seven officers and one supervi so r The offices are loca ted in Hamilt on Windshysor London St Catharines and Kitchshyener My territ ory reaches up to Owen Sound a nd includ es Stra tford Tillso nshyburg and on occas ion Bra ntford a nd Acton
PECAS-US You cover quit e a la rge geogra phic a rea
DOROTHY Yes a ll office rs cover la rge geographic a reas Im the onl y office r in
EGAS-US Editor Rick Knap 74
Kitchener a nd am available to accept co mplaints either by phone or from people who drop into the office to see me Ill do the inta ke on them Ma ny of the compla ints that we rece ive are not reall y incidents for which people ca n ex pect redress und er the Code-which is very speci fic
The Code embraces a reas including employment sign s notices advertisin g accommod a ti on race c reed colour sex ma rit a l s ta tus na tionalit y etc If there appea rs to be va lid grounds fo r the compl a int we in ves tiga te it
PECAS- USmiddot As a hum a n rights officer wha t is your goal
DOROTHY The ultima te that we strive for is settlement of the complaint Tha ts in accordance wt h section 132 We try to effect a mutu a ll y agreea ble settleshyment betwee n th e complainant a nd th e res pondent Rather than have a com shypl aint go to a Boa rd of Inquiry in which case any decision of the board has the full force of a co urt of law we try to e ffect a mutual se ttlement
Suppose I take a case a nd find th at th ere is no substanti a ti on for the allega shytions made then it is my responsibilit y to go back to the com pla inant a nd let th em know my findin gs I must ensure that they are li stening ca re full y If they ca n give me fu rt her direc tion whi ch seems to be pertinent to the ca se then I will continue to inves tigate If th ey ca nshynot then I will ask them if I ca n close th e file
Suppose howev er I can see some substa nti a tion which does not necessa rishyly mea n a 100 per cent 1 gotcha but that there is some misund erstanding something has been said or done to make the complainant think tha t he or she has been discrimin a ted against then we ca ll a concilia tion mee ting
PECAS-US Wh at a re your duti es a t such a meeting )
DOROTHY At this mec ting I will act
as cha irman or concil ia tor I will as k the co mplai nant to sta te how he or she feels discriminated aga inst as k them to ex shyplain wha t ha ppened wha t made them fee l as they do Th e co mpl a ina nts get a chance to speak directly to res pondents a nd respond ents have a ch ance to ex shyplai n their si tuation beca use they may have a plausible reason for wha t was don e
After th a t J will give my summa ry of th e case and we will discuss the settlement terms The settl eme nt could be monet ary it could be an offe r of a job if previ oll sly a Job was deni ed or if the complaint involved a slur or insult based on ra ce sex or age the complaishynant may Just se ttl e for an apo logy
PECAS-USmiddot W il l you descr ibe other kinds of se ttlement
DOROTHY There a re many types of settl ement W ha t an officer ma y do is give so me id ea of simila r case settle shyments a nd in ord er to be fa ir will put it on the ta bl e The Comm iss ion also has proposal s for settl ements
These a re usually code ca lls or letters of reas urrance to the C ha irman of ~ h e Comm iss ion th at the responde nt will adh ere to th e principles embodied in the code We may also require decla rashytion of managemen t policy from ind iv idshyua ls within a n orga nization supervisors or admini stra tors for exa mpl e who have caused a mi su nde rstand ing
We mi g ht a lso as k that a se minar be given We would conduct the se mina r and it would perhaps be on public educa tio n or ra ce rela tions
PECAS- US Tell me more a bout your se mina rs -DOROTHY We give semina rs on hum a n right s on the Code or on speshycific a reas of the Code such as sex ual ha rassm ent which is very mu ch coming to the fore a t present People or more specifi ca lly fe males a re becoming more a ware that th ey dont hav e to be ha shy
34
rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
-
35
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
-
rassed in the workplace There are more people lodging complaints of this type now and not putting up with it as they have in the past You know of course that sexual harassment can work both ways
PEGAS -US In terms of accommodashytion grievances wha t kinds of comshyplaints do people come forward wi th
DOROTHY I receive complaints that single people two males or two females and people under 2S years of age are refused apartments
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about these complaints on a formal basis because the Code does not cover sex or marital status in accommoshydation
PEGAS-US What is the general proshycess which causes a board of inquiry to be appointed
DOROTHY If a respondent won t settle a complaint and we have a strong case I will do an intensive analysis of the case weighing pros and cons then make a recommendation for appointment or non-appointment of a board of inquiry When the Commission receives my file in Toronto they will seek a legal opinshyion The legal opinion will concur or not concur with my opinion
A board is usually appointed in the ~rea where the situat ion occurred A chairman usually a professor at law is then appointed by the Commission The hearing is usually of three days durashytion The chairman reviews the facts and hands down a decision
The work load is heavy The time frame is long No cases are ignored Everyone is registered and no matter wh at they are all investigated
It is very devastating when people are di scriminated against It can be very shattering for morale and self-confishy
dence A settlement cannot be expected to undo the damage It may alleviate the anguish somewhat but it may not ever get rid of a strong feeling of injustice
Our main hope for a basis of good human rights is education One of the most important functions for furthering human rights in an organization is that of the personnel department
PEGAS-US How available are human rights seminars
DOROTHY All human rights officers give seminars We make presentations on request and can be specific to the suggested topic of concern Were availshyab le and our greatest source of satisfacshytion comes from the reali7ation that our actions can result in th e prevention of discrimination and infringement of human rights After all prevention is better than a cure- much better 0
What Can the CSSAA Do for You 9 -----------------------------------------------------------~ We would be grateful if you would complete the following questionnaire
Communication takes place thrshyough this two-page PEGAS-US section of the Guelph Alumnus What items would you like to see covered in this publication
Letters to the editor
Histories
Personal profiles of grads
Activities of the College
News of coming events
Independen t comment
Would you contribute
articles)
Yes No
Alumni act ivities are those whiCh give us a chance to get together and get acquai nt ed Distance prevents many of us from participating and makes it imshypractical for the Board to plan activities which are removed from the University area
What kind of CSS activities through the year would you attend
Dinner and dance
Wine a nd cheese party
Curling bonspiel
Tennis squash etc
Picnics
Ski daysweekend s
Golf tournament
Yes No
NAME amp YEAR (Please print) ___________________
ADDRESS_______________________
College and University activities for instance involve College Royal and Alumni Weekend What CSS activishyties at these two functions do you feel you wou ld a ttend
Name(s) of any from above _ ____
or Yes No
Re-acquaintance
gatheri ngs
Meet professors
Tours
Seminars
I f yes to semi na rs what kind
Mail to Rick Knap CSS Alumni Association Dept of Alumni Affairs a nd Development Level 4 University Cent re University of Guelph Guelph OntarioNIG 2WIO
-
35
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
-
At the Arboretum Cenlre Bill Stewart OAC 67 with sons Paul and S Cali Cooks I to r Dr Stan Ward OVC and serving partners R obin Baird Lewis Arts 73 and Julie Webb 36 Dr Tom DeGeer OVC 54 and
Barry Stahlbaum CPS 74
Alumni Maple Syrup Day Elizabeth Culitson Aris 78 with I to r Laura Brendan Jamie and a sap middot boiling pot
Coming Events
June 19-21
20
JuJy 5-10
12-17
20 -23 21
August 3
Sept 4
14-19
25
Alum ni We ekend
Annual Mee tings OAC Mac-FACS OVC Arts CS S C P S and U of G Alumni Associations and Friends of U of G Inc
Sum mer Campus 1st week
Summer Campus 2nd week
AVMA Convention St Louis Missouri (Meeting Frie nds of U of G Inc)
Application D e adline for Fall Semester (Excluding BLA Associate Diploma in Agriculture and Pre Vet Year Program)
Alumni Toronto Harbour Cruise
Aggie Week
OAC Alum ni Association Golf To urna m ent
GUELPH 5J1 ALUMNUS
1+ Canada Postes Post Caogtd ~19t0il1O - Bulk En nombre third troisieme class classe 1067 GuelphOnl
ADDRESS CORRECTION
REOUESTED
II t he addresseo or a son or a daughter who is an alumnus has
movedplease notify Ihe Al umni OHlce Universily of Guelph N IG 2W l so 1I11 1hlS magaZine may be forwarded 10 lhe proper add ress
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